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Originally Posted by OPhiAGinger
Hearing personal stories from friends who were in a sorority (including stories about fraternity parties and alcohol) would have given her context for that night even if those stories didn't exactly match what happened at the SAE house. We all evaluate situations based on our personal experiences and the experiences of other people we trust. Without much (if any) personal experience with fraternity parties, she didn't have much material to evaluate whether that night at the SAE house was no big deal or something major.
That lack of context coupled with her being older when she entered the Greek world makes her reaction much more understandable. Teenagers are much more likely to accept undesirable situations, especially if they think it's something that everybody else accepts without question (based on what they've heard through their network). Twenty-somethings are more confident about pushing back. And if she felt that this "hazing" was part of a bigger, ongoing, pervasive problem at UConn she might have felt obligated to shine a spotlight on it to help eradicate that kind of behavior.
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What does this have to do with going to the media?
Pushing back doesn't include going to the media.
For example, in the NPHC, the majority of people going through collegiate and alumnae/alumni/graduate intake, and who are new members, are 20 yo and older. Many of them don't feel comfortable pushing back but those who do are not inclined to contact the media. Alcohol plays a very small or nonexistent role in most NPHC antics but other claims of mistreatment are taken more seriously when the accuser doesn't bypass other means and seek the media.