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I think that it makes sense to look at the bigger picture and not just place blame on Fraternities b/c "girls don't traditionally pay for alcohol".
Both Fraternities and Sororities have some members who participate in risky underage drinking. And contrary to what sorority officers are told to say, there ARE pressures on Fraternities to provide these functions and even pressures from older sorority girls on younger sorority members to attend the parties. "XYZ Fraternity has the best afterhours/primers make sure you go that party, or ABC Fraternity never throws primers or afterhours, we're not going with them...ect."
You can look at the houses who are "popular" with sororities and see that they take the most risks when it comes to this issue. (at least at Nebraska you can)
Sorority girls leave one fraternity party when the alcohol runs out to go to another who still has free booze for them to drink...you can't tell me that doesn't constitute a pressure for fraternties to maintain a good social reputation through providing an outlet for sorority girls to drink.
Fraternities and Sororities should be held to the same rules, standards, and regulations. We are the same legal entities (non-for profit corporations) under the same laws, we are at the same host institutions with the same codes of conduct, we have the same insurance...we are the same basic organizations...so why is the treatment different when we are guilty of the same violations?
Fraternities are expected to take the fall for the INDIVIDUAL DECISION of its members to throw a party at their OWN HOUSE (these parties happen off campus) and for any members who make THEIR OWN DECISION to go and possibly drink whether under age or legally. (Fraternities, at least houses @ UNL, do not fund, sanction, or officialy sponsor any of these questionable activities. They have nothing to do with the social programming of the house. They are the actions of individuals makeing their own decisions)
And sororites should be held to the same standard and should be responsible for their member's INDIVIDUAL DECISION to go to the party, and THEIR OWN DECISION to drink under age or legally. If something goes wrong their charters should be on the chopping block as well.
Play Fair...that's all I ask.
Both break the rules, both pay the price. If you want to curb this kind of activity then apply the solutions across the board, not just to fraternities. Once sororities start feeling the pain of the risks their members are taking I guarantee that the girls' drive to go to these type of activities and the ability for sorority officers to "look the other way" will die off. And when the girls aren't showing up...the drive to host these illegal parties will die off as well.
Total solutions, not partial patches.
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