Misconceptions about GLOs

[Scandia]

What are the biggest misconceptions about GLOs- especially those that result in negative attitudes.

The biggest one I have seen is that joining a sorority or fraternity is "buying your friends". In my freshman year of college, I developed an interest in them. This was even before joining A Phi O. I asked various friends of mine if they were in a GLO and they would say "No! That's buying your friends". And recently I asked my brother why did he never show interest in joining a fraternity. And he said it was because it was "buying your friends" and that he could get friends for free.

Another very sad one is that only a certain kind of person joins social GLOs. I asked one girl in A Phi O if she had gone to sorority rush. And she replied "No! I'm not that kind of person!". I still do not know if she meant the stereotype- but social sororities are not homogeneous. And a co-worker who saw my shirt with my Greek letters asked me surprisedly if I was in a sorority. I explained to her that A Phi O was a service fraternity. I assumed her surprise was because I certainly do not fit the stereotype and have very unique interests. But when I asked her if she had belonged to one, she was like "omigosh no" as if she did not think all that much of them and did not want to be in one because of that.

And another one is the "those are rich girl's longings" (I'm trying to translate from Spanish). That it is a superfluous wanting for rich girls- and thus possibly implying it was just for spoiled girls using their parents' credit card who perhaps just wanted to catch a rich husband and shop all day long and never do anything nice for anyone else.

Very inaccurate misconceptions indeed.