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I think to pin this on feminism in general is reaching.
I think that it was ridiculous of these particular women, however, to degrade fraternity and sorority members for coming to the rally (although, on some campuses, TBTN is limited to women only in order to provide a "safe space" -- but that doesn't seem like the case here). I'd be thrilled if a bunch of fraternity men showed up at a Take Back the Night rally. Like the article says, these are the exact men that you hope to be reaching with stuff like this. As long as they're there to be supportive, I think it's great.
The other side of the argument, though, is that statistics show that fraternity men are involved in rapes and sexual assaults at a higher rate than non-Greek men. So I don't think you can say that the "frat boy" stereotype has NO merit. But at the same time, it's pretty clear that fraternity members aren't the only men out there capable of rape, so I'm not sure why they should be targeted in this case -- especially when they showed up to the rally.
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