Stereotypes? As I have been taught, there are four “stereotypes” that should identify a Zeta Woman:
...She must be committed and focused on Scholarship, both her own and others around her. She knows that people cannot progress without a dedication to learning.
...She must be fully committed to providing Service. Not just service to the Talented 10th, but especially service to those less fortunate. Not just social graces, but societal ills. The depth of her desire to serve must know no bounds and should span from health concerns to conflict management. Service for change, not service for show should be the mission of every Zeta.
...She must be dedicated to the practice of Sisterly Love. She loves her Sorors and she commits be a friend to mankind. Her oath to her Sisters overrides her desire to focus solely on Self. All Sorors are not her friends, but all Sorors are her Sisters.
...She must subscribe to fulfilling the true definition of a Finer Woman at all times. She must aspire to be superior in kind, quality or appearance in the distinguishing characteristics of a woman.
Endeavoring to become a Zeta Woman is much like the execution of a journey one might face in any pursuit of an ideal. Some Sorors are further along in their journey than others, some Sorors may be stronger with certain princples than with others at a given moment, but we are all bound by the courage, commitment and dedication necessary to aim for the highest ideals. I have been fortunate to have met scores of Sorors who are the true embodiment of a Zeta Woman and they have become my mentors as I climb toward the perfection of (Sorors fill in the blank)…
Other than the above characteristics, I don’t know how a Zeta Woman can be stereotyped by such broad categories as class-ism, color, race, religion, size or shape because there are women who run the gamut in all these categories that MIGHT have the potential to be a Zeta Woman.
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Finer Womanhood: the "Cat's Meow" Since 1920
[This message has been edited by Shelacious (edited April 20, 2001).]
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