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Originally Posted by agzg
American fraternities and sororities is certainly a challenging subject in the sense that not only are you not a part of it or could never be a part of it, there's a huge part of it that is closed off to public information, and many of the things you will find are part of the superficial aspects of greek life, not the meat and potatoes, if you will.
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Maybe a more interesting research subject would be the comparison of the American Greek system vs. the European equivalent, but that would be a study of culture and more about the superficial qualities.
There is no general way to research the American Greek system without knowing more about the core of it, the rituals, the traditions. And as an outsider, you have no way of knowing those. Also, it's hard to research something that cannot be generalized, no fraternity or sorority is the same, similar, but never the same. Even different chapters of the same (inter)national can differ greatly. How can you propose your thesis on such a subject, that cannot be measured or generalized?
As a psychology major writing my Master thesis as we speak, I think you need to define the direction of your reseach more before asking for participans.