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It's supervision
A typical fraternity is lucky to have one active advisor, and the ones with active alumni groups and an on-campus chapter advisor is rare. The ones with a live-in house mother are miniscule.
On the other hand, as A GDee posted, every, yes every, sorority has an alumnae board, probably a local alumnae social group, and a live-in house mother. Plus a district governeress, etc.
We joke that the sorority pres can't go to the potty without approval from some alumna, but it's almost true.
The best chapter I ever visited - TKE at Iowa State - had a faculty/chapter advisor named Spike Kratovil, and he ate with the chapter every Wed. (I think) night, and he asked questions. Another great chapter, at GA Tech, has four long-time advisors on campus - including three who co-sgned a big loan to get the new housing underway.
On a typical spring day, at XYZ fraternity, three guys haul a couch out to the front porch, so they can be comfortable watching the women go by. It never comes inside, and is ruined by the rain the next morning.
At the sorority next door, the girls would never think about putting good furniture on the front porch. If someone did, the alumni committee would find out who did it, and send a bill for the ruined furniture to the girls' parents.
That's basicly the difference, I think - sororities are different and better because they have supervision.
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