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Originally posted by sugar and spice
.....the rush process you used to join your organization was silly or strange, and that THEIR organization would never allow women to join in the way that you joined yours. I think you would be a little offended too.
I don't mean to offend you . . . I am just trying to help explain where these women are coming from. 
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Well said, Sugar and Spice. Yes, my feathers do get ruffled a bit when the subtext of the message that I am perceiving is "you're not worthy of joining because you didn't pledge as a collegian". Now, no one has said that, but that is the vibe that I have picked up on (no, not from Npfulmer, but in generally speaking terms, when I hear of women poohing the idea).
I also have to chime in from a purely Marketing perspective:
Quality Members are the lifebood of fraternities and sororities.
Well, if i remember my Marketing principles correctly, one was
"Create new products for existing customers, or create new customers for your existing products"
For example: Nail Polish for men (From Hard Candy...remember their "CandyMan" nailpolish? I don't know any self-respecting man who wore it, but I digress) is a prime example of "create new customers for your existing products"
So it is also with GLO: "create new customers for your existing products"
Obviously, sororities cannot initiate men, or children. (i.e. "the new customers"). But why not women who are already finished college, or perhaps have life experience to bring to the organization?