Some of these threads are really depressing me.

[valkyrie]

Okay, I understand the desire to discuss chapters of different sororities at different schools. I can also understand discussing honestly which houses on one's campus are strong or weak or whatever. However, I'm about to go to the fridge and pour a saucer of milk, because some of this stuff is just downright catty.

This "Oh, ABCs are ugly and fat" on my campus stuff is just shallow and judgmental. Let's say that I am a senior in high school, interested in rush and reading these threads. Here is what I'm learning about life at college:

-It is okay to make fun of people and call them "pig" if they are overweight.

-If you don't have the best looking women in your house, you will be called "dogs" and people will make fun of you. What this is really saying is that women are only worthwhile if they are attractive.

-If you are sexually free, you will be referred to as a slut, and your house will have a "bad reputation," whatever that means. In a broader sense, as a women, you are judged by everyone (but especially other women), by your sexual habits.

-Even if you are gorgeous, you can't win, because then you are a snob and think you are too good for everyone else. People will be very shocked if you are actually a nice person.

-If you are fashionable, you are a "daddy's girl" and shallow.

This all reminds me of the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

I have a dream that one day women will not be judged by their weight, attractiveness, hair color, sexual habits and fashion sense, but by the CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER. Isn't that what "greek life" is supposed to be all about -- building character through sisterhood so that sorority members can develop into mature, caring, intelligent and well-rounded women? Damn, whatever happened to SISTERHOOD?