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Originally posted by Divine Nine
Yeah, it says "fraternity" and "sorority" but you shouldn't have anyone serving you under the auspices of those definitions, yet not give them rights. My question is why do people want something for nothing? You have sweethearts who get absolutely NOTHING from the relationship except the "most exalted" status of being "close" to the brothers. Give me a break. You don't want a co-ed fraternity, then stop using women to do work you should do. But if you do want that "support" (of which I don't know what part of this "support" couldn't or shouldn't be done by the fraternity members in the first place), then you better get ready for one angry woman who says that she wants equal membership.
I applaude you for making this statement. For some weird reason, some women who become these "sweethearts" REALLLLY believe that they have all the rights and priviledges to be involved in XYZ activities/policies/etc. I am an Alpha Wife BUT I am in no way involved in the policy making of APHI.
As for sexism in our ranks, that is an unspoken problems, and I think it extends far beyond the sweetheart issues. You can put your heads in the sand, or pooh-pooh the notion, but as I said before, don't be surprised when one or a group of sweethearts demand membership because of the work they've done. And from the ranks of BGLO members, there will be a hue and cry about 'why can't we just do what we want to do'. Meanwhile, some fraternity will have to admit some female members because they didn't follow their own national rules. You get what you deserve in most cases.
Lawrence Ross
PS: And you never know when an organization would decide to try a test case in such a matter. It is not outside the realm of possiblity that some lawyers would actively look for a possible candidate to see if women could be admitted to a fraternity. You never know...
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A good thought....
However, you have eluded that this issue is deeper than this. To me, are you saying the "bruhs" and "sisterfriends" need to work harder if they want to avoid this happening? That commitment to fraternity/sorority issues should be the main goal instead of focusing on a "pledge" process? Just asking......