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Originally Posted by emb021
One thing that really annoys me with some Brothers is their rigid attitude toward change. I heard a lot of this in regards to recent proposals to change the Toast Song.
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The thing that upsets me about proposals to change the Toast Song is the same kind of thing that upsets me when schools insist that APO be in IFC just because we have "fraternity" in the name. It's the lack of thinking or trying to understand behind the request.
Some people in that toast song thread were saying we were being threatened to get kicked off campuses, denied extension requests etc because of the toast song. They (these mythical campuses) didn't understand WHY we all are called "brothers" or that some women in APO (myself among them) would be insulted to be called "sisters" or "members" instead. They just assumed brothers = men = patriarchy and sexism, assumed the worst.
Stuff like that, I don't think should be dignified with caving in. To me it's the same as when social Greeks get stuck with a guaranteed bid system where they have to give bids to everyone who wants one (and for them, once you're bid, you're pretty much in). Whoever instituted that didn't look beyond to understand WHY social Greeks have selective membership. I don't know why sororities stay on campuses like that, but that's their choice, not mine.
I understand what you're saying and that this is a tangent, but I think making the AMC go co-ed has a point. I think changing the toast song is pointless.
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