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Originally posted by sugar and spice
Not to mention the fact that many gays and lesbians don't join Greek organizations because of the "homophobic" label that's been attached to them, and they assume they won't feel comfortable there. So to assume that every organization should be ten percent gay is an oversimplification.
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33 & S&S,
That's why it says potentially.
By the way, when did it become a "fact" that many gays and lesbians don't join Greek organizations? I think that's an assumption that might not hold up. (see zchi2 post above)
I found out many years after graduation that our pledge master and later chapter president was gay.
Just because many gay people in our society aren't "out" it doesn't mean they aren't there.
33, I think there's a difference in your thoughts and mine. Being Morman or Asian isn't the sort of "secret" thing that being gay has been in the past -- and to some extent continues to be. In fact, I wonder if it wouldn't prove correct that if, let's say 10% of people on a given campus are Asian, that about 10% of the Greek population would also be Asian? And that would probably be easier to prove.
I think (but can't prove it) that the percentage figures for gays would stand up to scrutiny on any campus, because that population is not as sectionalized (in terms of where they live) as Mormans or Asians who probably still tend to live together in identifiable areas (Utah, for instance).