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Ok, I'll admit it. I took a Women's Studies class this last semester (No, I didn't take it thinking I'd hook up with girls).
The one day we discussed frats. I was alone to defend myself, being the ONLY greek in a class of 5 guys and 45 girls. They ripped FRATS (not GREEKS) apart, citing every stupid generalization you've ever heard about the frats. Our parties promote rape culture, that most houses are still all white or really racist, and that we should not be allowed to limit our membership to select members (there was much more but I can't remember all right now).
Everytime I tried to defend us, I got "well, this is a Women's Studies class so let's change the "topic"". Then why we're we discussing frats in the first place? She mentioned no good that us Greeks do, and the hard work we do to try to break those stereotypes.
Then came the bombshell. She HAD to bring up our Auburn chapter. Being a Filipino, she asked me if "you went to your Auburn chapter, do you think you'd be accepted as a brother?" I honestly said "I don't know", and the class ripped me apart "Where's the faith and brotherhood in that?"
Sure, these classes have helped the women's equality movement, but they perpetuate the idea that fraternities prmotoe nothing but negetivity.
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