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Originally Posted by AGDee
I certainly wouldn't limit it to fraternity men because I saw the same kinds of behaviors in my ex-husband's group of friends(second husband, non-greek). Additionally, to them (and to the fraternities, back in my day) there were two types of women.. the type they talked about and the the type they really liked. Long term girlfriends/fiancee's and eventually, wives, weren't treated this way. In fact, there was more of a protective nature toward the serious girlfriend's of brothers and if a guy from another fraternity made a comment about a brother's girlfriend? Well, that could result in an all out brawl. The longterm girlfriends knew which rooms had peepholes and knew to avoid those rooms.
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I totally agree regarding some non-greek men being just as bad if not sometimes worse than descriptions in this article! I have never heard any stories from when I was a student at both UK and EKU about peepholes, watching, and the "homosexual" things they talk about in this article but because I wasnt living in a fraternity house/dorm floor, receiving their newsletters, brotherhoods, etc. that doesnt mean something similar didnt go on. In his book, Dr. Alan DeSantis talks about some of the interviews he did with some fraternity men on campus (keep in mind too DeSantis is a Sigma Pi Fraternity man) talking about competitions between brothers on who can have sex with the most girls and ideas on what they consider to be date rape and not. He also talks about interviews with sorority women who have had guys come on too strong, and some date rape issues.
I have witnessed all out brawls in both bars and on campus where someone in one fraternity made a comment about someone else's girlfriend in another fraternity.