Liberal vs conservative sororities

[californiagal01]

This is my first year and I haven't rushed yet. I'm quite liberal about social and political issues and have been told that sororities tend to be conservative. I don't think I would fit into a group where I'm surrounded by people who listen to Rush Limbaugh, members of the religious right, country music fans, or ditzy cheerleaders. I'm looking for some feedback on which organizations tend to be more liberal and which are conservative.

[agzg]

Depends on the chapters on your campus.

[KSUViolet06]

No particular sorority is more liberal or conservative than another.

National sororities have chapters in different areas of the country, and depending on where a partcular chapter is located, the political affiliations of members may be more conservative or liberal. But no one can really say that ALL members of ______ are conservative or liberal because every chapter is different and you can't really put a label on an ENTIRE national organization.

[californiagal01]

Thanks for the feedback. I understand every chapter of a national sorority is not the same. Do some tend to be more conservative on average?

Are there big differences in their focus, i.e. fun vs academics, dating vs long term relationships, parties vs philanthropy etc?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by californiagal01

Thanks for the feedback. I understand every chapter of a national sorority is not the same. Do some tend to be more conservative on average?

Like I said before, no particular national sorority is more or less conservative. THey have hundreds of chapters and there's no way to say "oh XYZ is more conservative EVERYWHERE" because every chapter really is THAT different.

I would imagine that the political make-up of the members in each chapter probably varies depending on the location and political climate of each school.

As far as "focuses", each chapter is looking for different things in new members. So it's hard to say, "well, all XYZs are more focused on philanthropy." There's too much variation between chapters to make these broad statements about how a national organization is.

[AlphaDeltaDelta]

What school you are at has a lot more to do with how liberal or conservative people will be in the Greek community than what chapters are there.

Edit: Also, I know you haven't been to college yet, but please try to not put people so neatly in little boxes in your mind. What I mean is, there are plenty of conservatives who are great people, you really shouldn't decide someone is an idiot who listens to Rush Limbaugh just because they were raised or are registered Republican. If you keep an open mind going through rush, you will look back and think it was silly worrying so much ahead of time which house was what.

[violetpretty]

There is no such thing as nationally conservative or nationally liberal. Specific stands on certain politicial issues are not part of what any NPC sororities are about.

There will be Republicans in every chapter of every NPC, North or South. There will be Democrats in every chapter of every NPC, North or South. You will relate to different women in your chapter in different ways.

I am a Steelers fan who bleeds black and gold from my liberal heart. Junior year, I lived with a die-hard Ravens fan, uber fiscal conservative. You know what? We got along marvelously despite our differences because we found other things we had in common. One of the beautiful things about sorority membership is learning to relate to people different from yourself.

Why let a perception of National conservativeness ruin your chances to make lifelong friends?

Join College Dems and/or a special issue interest group as an outlet. It will allow you to meet even more people on campus and help your leadership skills. If you are all politics all the time, then sorority membership is not for you.

Re: National Focus... NPCs strive for balance and highest possible achievement in all areas of life. That's essentially why sororities exist. Again, the differences will be campus-specific.

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Join College Dems and/or a special issue interest group as an outlet. It will allow you to meet even more people on campus and help your leadership skills. If you are all politics all the time, then sorority membership is not for you.

I agree with violetpretty, if you want to focus on politics, a specific political group will allow you that outlet.

My sorority experience showed me that there was a mix of political opinons within my sorority and one must learn to be tolorent of other's opinons.

[SWTXBelle]

One of the benefits of NPC sorority membership is the chance to become sisters with a wide variety of women - liberal, conservative, different majors, races, religions, cultural backgrounds. I know that I never would have met many of my sisters through any other org. on campus - the other groups tend to form around many of the above-named factors, which limits your exposure to those who are different. The timeless values we share are what bind us together, and the differences we have are transcended by our sisterhood.

[KSUViolet06]

If you're looking for an expreience in which ALL the girls share the same political beliefs that you do, think like you, listen to the same music as you, and agree with you all the time, then sorority membership is probably not for you.

[sarahsmilehawk]

Originally Posted by californiagal01

I don't think I would fit into a group where I'm surrounded by people who listen to Rush Limbaugh, members of the religious right, country music fans, or ditzy cheerleaders.

I go to a liberal school (at least compared to other large state schools in the midwest), but Greek life is still noticeably more conservative than the rest of campus. That said, I don't feel like I'm surrounded by any of the types of people you mentioned. Things were a little tense on election night this year. Some of my sisters shared my excitement when Obama won, and I forgave my McCain-voting friends for being so incredibly wrong.

You just have to accept that sororities are typically populated by people who value tradition and come from money. They're going to be a bit more to the right than your campus' general orientation, with a handful of exceptions.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by californiagal01

This is my first year and I haven't rushed yet. I'm quite liberal about social and political issues and have been told that sororities tend to be conservative. I don't think I would fit into a group where I'm surrounded by people who listen to Rush Limbaugh, members of the religious right, country music fans, or ditzy cheerleaders. I'm looking for some feedback on which organizations tend to be more liberal and which are conservative.

Weren't you banned once for ridiculous questions like this?

You're creepy. Go away.

[LΩVE]

Originally Posted by sarahsmilehawk

I go to a liberal school (at least compared to other large state schools in the midwest), but Greek life is still noticeably more conservative than the rest of campus. That said, I don't feel like I'm surrounded by any of the types of people you mentioned. Things were a little tense on election night this year. Some of my sisters shared my excitement when Obama won, and I forgave my McCain-voting friends for being so incredibly wrong.

You just have to accept that sororities are typically populated by people who value tradition and come from money. They're going to be a bit more to the right than your campus' general orientation, with a handful of exceptions.

THAT is different from school to school, too. On my campus VERY few sorority girls "come from money", and even in the most conservative chapter on campus, there are many "liberals". (In fact at a sisterhood for all chapters when a speaker asked who worked, I was one of three in the section I was sitting in that doesn't have a job.)

No chapter is homogenous. And something college life in general will teach you, and especially that greek life will teach you, is that labeling people instead of knowing people will cause you more problems than its worth. Get to know why they think what they do.

[phisiglindsey]

Originally Posted by californiagal01

I don't think I would fit into a group where I'm surrounded by people who listen to Rush Limbaugh, members of the religious right, country music fans, or ditzy cheerleaders.

What makes you think just because people listen to country music or cheerlead that they are conservative? close-minded much? And just because some of your sisters could be conservative doesn't mean that it will become an issue. I have a lot of sisters that are extremely conservative and extremely liberal. They still get along just great!

[BetteDavisEyes]

Go away troll.