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Originally posted by ISUKappa
I wonder if she really has good close girlfriends. The kind that you talk about boobs and sex and boys and periods with. I got the feeling through the book and through subsequent interviews, that this was her first experience with that kind of girl talk and friendship. And I think she secretly enjoyed finding that kind of female bond but didn't want to admit it because it goes against every academic bone in her body. Without first having and understanding those types of female friendships, I can see where she can be somewhat negative about sorority life because much of it does center around those types of friendships.
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I really agree with this. She seemed pretty dismissive of how important strong female friendships can be and I think that makes her viewpoint a little skewed. There was a lot of talk about how sororities can negatively affect women's self-esteem (i.e. Amy and the date rape guy, how Beta Pi convinced Vicki to break up with her boyfriend) but a lot less emphasis on how they can positively affect it (ultimately, Vicki was much happier, confident and less homesick at the end of the year than she had been at the beginning).
Like I said in the other thread, there were some parts that I thought she handled very well, others just ok -- but there was very little that was really really horrible and inaccurate. (The only thing that comes to mind is the Naked Party/Boob Ranking stuff that seemed like she was overemphasizing for shock value -- I would be very surprised if that happens in more than a couple houses around the nation, if at all, but maybe I'm just naive.) I also didn't agree with her revealing the ritual of some groups at first -- but eventually I realized, hey, if that's what it takes to convince people that initiation doesn't consist of goat sacrifices, I'm for it.