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I definitely agree with some of the comments made here. To think that weight does not affect sorority membership is a complete joke. Take a look at the National websites. How many overweight girls do you see on there? How many girls above a size 10? (I think a size 8 would be stretching it on some.)
Everyday I work with eating disordered women. The ones who are obscenely thin *do not* think they are. The ones who have compulsive eating disorders....yeah, they know they are overweight. They do not need a "friend" to tell them about it. I feel that if they approach you and ask for help, there is no problem. However, if I were in their situation, I would have a huge chip on my shoulder to have a size 6 friend give me weight loss tips, regardless of her intentions.
JAM: To comment on your wondering if smaller Greek systems & stereotypes. My college system was very small....about 80 girls going through recruitment. These girls were their own person before, then they "evolve" into their GLO's stereotype. They will completely change their looks, behavior, etc...to fit in with that house's stereotype.
And their is pressure to do it too. One house is known for the fact that all of their pledges "mysteriously" drop 15 pounds during their pledge period. And they tend to recruit "little" girls anyways. Sounds a little fishy to me....Then I found out (through our advisor, who is friends with this house's advisor) that they put the pledges on a weight loss program. Their reasoning? "We want to make sure that you live up to XYZ ideals."
Nothing fires me up like eating disorder/weight issues... *clicks "submit reply" and goes back to dreaming of Ben & Jerry's*
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