Here’s my opinion of the ‘Sorority Chicks that Look like Barbie’ and ‘Fraternity Dudes that Look like A&F Models’ threads: I think they’re harmless.
We have so many threads out there that talk about how Greeks have great GPAs, great social skills, we do wonderful things for the community, we’re leaders, etc. Hey, guess what??? We’re good looking, too. We never talk about that because it’s not “pc”. Why shouldn’t we? Is it so wrong to admit that every single person in this world judges people based on their looks? You’d be lying if you say you didn’t. Personality, intelligence, money (joking), and other such qualities are extremely important but, if you met someone who you were not physically attracted to, in fact they repulsed you, would their awesome personality make up for it? No.
Anyway, I think us girls are having a lot of fun in the A&F thread. But, I can understand why some of the women are getting upset about the Barbie thread (Corina made an excellent point). The girls have only said how hot the guys are in the pictures posted while the guys have been critiquing the women in the pictures. I’m not ragging on the GC guys because I don’t think they meant any harm in what they were doing. I think that we all basically witnessed the difference in the way men and women view the opposite sex. Girls usually don’t sit around staring at pictures of guys and pointing out their flaws (we reserve that for criticizing other women…meeeeeeeeowww!). Many of the guys I know will look a picture of a girl and say, “Yeah, she’s cute but her smile is a little crooked…..” Men are more visual creatures than women by nature.
After my long tangent, I’d say that while I don’t think that the thread is the most enlightening thing on GC, I don’t think it’s harmful either. I know that some GCers are worried about what PNMs might think of Greeks if they were to see these threads. Honestly, there’s a lot worse on GC than those two threads. Take a gander at the Dating & Relationships forum. We’ve had some VERY taboo topics in that forum.
They're posting pictures of beautiful women. The thread just got a little carried away by some of the comments that have since been deleted. If those men and women featured in the pictures were to come onto this site, I think many would be flattered. Especially the guys in the A&F thread. They've had a bunch of women drooling over them!!!!
Boys, have fun posting your hot sorority girl pics and us girls will have some fun posting our hot fraternity boy pics.
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