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ok, I finished it today. Nothing in it was very disturbing to me at all. Pretty much NONE of it applied to my sorority experience. I do think that some of the things may possibly happen in some chapters on some campus, but by no means the majority.
The thing that disturbed me the most is her constant talk about hazing. My chapter did absolutely NO hazing (and I don't mean I didn't SEE it as hazing, I mean NONE) and that was (gulp) 20 years ago when the first anti-hazing laws were being pushed by NPC. I can't see that on a campus with a large Greek system, when pledge classes can number in the 40's and higher, that if such nasty things were going on that at least ONE girl would stand up and say this is BS and "out" the chapter.
Secondly, she seemed to really "diss" the NPC's commitment to philanthropy. She talked about a pancake night at one chapter and said the girls talked about guys and clothes while making pancakes, not about community service...like you can't have a good time while raising money for a philanthropy??
I would have much more respect for this book had she presented a balanced view. It is definitely very one-sided. She doesn't "follow" or even present people who had a wonderful sorority experience, like myself and like thousands of women out there.
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