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Originally posted by UCLAgirl
With all of this in mind, I must say that if they wanted their image to be better, then showing girls drinking all the time (underage too), doesn’t exactly raise the reputation of a sorority. They should balance it all out showing the social and the socially responsible actions of the sorority to really clear up the image that they are presenting to the PNMs out there like myself.
Below are three more reasons why they are doing the show:
“First, since we are relatively small in membership, the show is better able to focus in on the role that each member plays in the construction of our sisterhood. Second, we are a fairly new organization - four years old, to be exact - which allows MTV access to the process of becoming an established organization, and makes for an inherently interesting show. And finally, the creator of Sorority Life was Greek himself and wanted to portray Greek life in a more positive light than has been typical of mainstream media.”
Yet again as everyone can tell, each member is not being looked at. It seems as if only the marketable ones are being focused on in the show. My sister and I were wondering why the sorority wanted the pledges that were more “made up” to be seen as model pledges on the show as opposed to the more laid back ones that “regular girls” could relate to. The second reason makes sense, yet the third does not. I can only relay the message from many other PNMs that Greek life is not being seen in a positive light. I have talked to many girls that are currently in sororities so I know that this is not what sorority life is like at all, but many of my peers who don’t know anything about the Greek systems at their schools are now not going to go through Fall Recruitment because they feel that the stereotypes still ring true. It’s a sad thing to think that the intent of this show is actually being turned around. Many of my peers have said that they would be much more impressed by a sorority if they saw what they gave back to their local community.
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This is what sucks the most about this whole deal. They picked what seems to be a non-stereotypical sorority, and then give most of the camera time to the 2 most stereotypical people in the project. I don't think it's that the sorority wanted them to be seen as "model pledges" - they were the ones who chose to move into the pledge house, which is where all the camera action is happening. I'm willing to bet that the girls who wanted to pledge Sigma before all the MTV craziness are far more representative of the sorority as a whole, but they probably wouldn't create as much drama even if they HAD lived in the pledge house.
As far as showing all the drinking, that also most definitely was not the sorority's choice - that was the choice of the director and MTV. I'm sure they are more upset than anyone that their philanthropy and the things that they do to help the Jewish community aren't being shown in favor of one more shot of Jordan doing her makeup.