Why is Greek life more popular with women than men?

[bejazd]

As my oldest son gets closer to going off to college, I've been wondering if he'll want to join a fraternity or not, so I hope some of the guys will weigh in on this one.

For the girls, we do like joining stuff, being part of a pack, structured social activities we can put on our calendar...and we don't mind the getting dressed up to go to meetings or following all the rules that much.

I'm kind of interested to know whether some of these "balanced man" or "man of principle" type programs really work. Because if being a fraternity man now means you just hang out with a bunch of guys who want to get high or drunk and what have you, I don't think my son will be all that interested.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by bejazd

I'm kind of interested to know whether some of these "balanced man" or "man of principle" type programs really work. Because if being a fraternity man now means you just hang out with a bunch of guys who want to get high or drunk and what have you, I don't think my son will be all that interested.

I think that depends on the chapter...whether they are really doing it or just filling out the paperwork to make it look like they're doing it. Sorority chapters can be the same way, as far as that goes.