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Originally posted by 33girl
As to being able to quit one NPC and join another -
I think one of the reasons we have this rule and NIC doesn't is the same reason we have tons of rush rules and NIC doesn't. One of the tenets of NPC is to look out for other NPC groups and help each other. (In theory, anyway.)
I sympathize with people who have been hazed and people in the transfer situation...I just feel that it's a slippery slope. Not everyone has good intentions and there would be people pulling isht on their chapters like "well, they hazed me, I want to join another group" when it's not true, and people transferring solely to switch sororities (I can especially see this happening in the South).
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From MY experience (being female, I can say this!), I think the extra rules we have in NPC (versus NIC) is because women are more concerned with their "appearance" and "status" (popularity) in "society" (in this case, the campus). On some campuses, if you don't get a bid everyone knows and your social life is non-existant...so some may choose to take a bid and hope to switch groups later (of course, NPC prevents that). I think that's why we also have all these recruitment rules, total, quota, silence, and all that stuff. We females can be very catty and underhanded!!!
Guys (in general) just don't operate quite on the same level.
Sure in some places, the sororities can operate and thrive under NIC guidelines. But in other places, it would be nasty.
Also, as someone else has shared earlier, we on GreekChat are not necessarily representive of the whole GLO population. We're here and we join into these discussions because we see our GLO and Greek Life as something more serious. Not everyone is as interested in it as we are. There are some people who see it as a college thing only....and when they leave college, they sever all ties and start with a new social life somewhere else. Doesn't mean they didn't contribute while they were in college. Just a different outlook on things.
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PsychTau