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Originally posted by valkyrie
You know, I always thought that greeks might be considered conservative by some because there is a lot of tradition involved in greek life -- I don't mean the traditions of our organizations -- I mean the stuff about greek life that, in my opinion, conforms to very traditional ideas of, say, male and female roles in our society. Maybe people assume that those who choose to be involved with such things are conservative -- I'm not sure.
I could be totally wrong, but who knows. I think here on GC there's a pretty even split between people who are generally conservative and people who are generally liberal, but I haven't been keeping track.
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Greeks have a tendency to hang onto things long after they've become acceptable (discrimination policies, hazing, stereotypical gender roles). That is the definition of "conservative," in the sense that we're trying to "conserve" things from the past. Of course, there are a number of positive traditions from the past that we've held onto as well, but we DO have a history of not being able to let go of things that more progressive organizations have moved past.
While I agree that the split on GC is pretty politically mixed, on my own campus Greeks DO trend toward the conservative. I'd guess that at least 60 percent of Greeks here are conservative, whereas the campus and city as a whole are closer to 70-80 percent liberal.
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