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So, after not watching this for awhile (the hazing carried out by women from NPC sororities was upsetting), I spent my afternoon catching up. Urgh.
As someone who's seen societies in UK universities, I completely agree with kobie earlier. There are a lot of societies here that are essentially sororities or fraternities, just no Greek letters. In St Andrews, there are the Kate Kennedy Club (for men) and the Lumsden Club (for ladies), and they have recruitment, socials, host balls, philanthropy events, and so forth. They have their own silly traditions, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were intiations of some sort (St Andrews itself has a sort-of-initiation for all freshers/new students called Raisin Monday, it's pretty insane).
The fact that this show is so full of stereotypes - and really not a lot of positive ones - when in reality, British uni students aren't that far removed from what sororities and fraternities actually do, just makes it look more and more of a farce, and paints greek life in an increasingly unflattering light. Who knows, though: maybe the winning "sisters" will take their £25,000 and do something good with it, instead of propagating the rubbish the producers have spewed at them through the American "sisters". :P
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