Interesting New Reality show called Sorority Girls

[jazing]

I'm pretty sure if you get caught drinking with a pledge pin on, or something to that effect, you'll get dropped. Or if you don't hit grades, you won't get initiated. I've seen both cases happen to wonderful girls.

[ElieM]

Is a pledge class of five a realistic size you would be taking when starting a colony at a non-Greek school?

[Tulip86]

Episode 6:
http://www.videozer.com/video/dzuR

[APiPhiHottie]

I am absolutely disgusted at the amount of hazing in this show! Oh my gosh, with the amount of anti-hazing education NPC organizations conduct, I am baffled at the participation of the American girls in this program.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by APiPhiHottie

I am absolutely disgusted at the amount of hazing in this show! Oh my gosh, with the amount of anti-hazing education NPC organizations conduct, I am baffled at the participation of the American girls in this program.

I haven't been watching this show, but are these women in NPC sororities? From what I understand, they were "hand picked" to start this new chapter in the UK, but did they get to maintain membership in their old GLOs?

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I haven't been watching this show, but are these women in NPC sororities? From what I understand, they were "hand picked" to start this new chapter in the UK, but did they get to maintain membership in their old GLOs?

Some of the girls are already alumnae, and at least one has previously been involved in documentary work.

Also, there was a casting call for the five sorority members as well as the "house mother." So it wasn't like the producers scoured the country looking for the "perfect" sorority girls.

Incidentally, if you come across the original casting notice, the house mother was intended to have a much bigger role than she does on the show.

[KKGCaroline]

I presume so K_S, If i read correctly, they are a mix of KDs, DGs and TriDelta's.

And APiPhiHottie, I totally agree, I know this is about entertainment and not building a long lasting sorority, but I've noticed so many infractions in just 6 episodes, I've lost count!

My personal pet hate is the dismissal at the end "You have been weighed and measured.." it just totally remind me of the rumours I heard in high school about GLO's (circling the fat etc..)

[Tulip86]

The mild electrocution on the last episode was just beyond crazy.

Did like the big-little part.

[Old_Row]

It's like they are hellbent on using every single sorority cliche they could find on the internet. I'm waiting for the coffin next.

The electrocution exercise was especially disturbing. I think it's time their NPC organizations had a little chat with them all.

[jazing]

I think we are a bit overreacting about this "hazing". Unlike in actual organizations (I don't recognize Sigma Gamma) these pledges signed waivers different than a bid. This show is in the same vein as Solidarity was, the contestants can leave at anytime, and whatever torture they are put through is in their consent.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by jazing

I think we are a bit overreacting about this "hazing". Unlike in actual organizations (I don't recognize Sigma Gamma) these pledges signed waivers different than a bid. This show is in the same vein as Solidarity was, the contestants can leave at anytime, and whatever torture they are put through is in their consent.

Consent is never a defense to hazing, so your conclusion that they consented and/or can leave anytime is irrelevant to whether it is hazing.

[jazing]

I think the realization has to come from that this isn't merely a sorority. It is a televised event, and the actions should be treated as such. If people have a problem with these actions, they are all recorded and out in the open. Unlike whatever hazing goes on at a Greek House, which is kept secret.

It really depends if you can make that distinction or not, between a sorority and this. I don't consider this a sorority. I consider them merely a television act. Kinda like Road Rules or The Biggest Loser.

[Leslie Anne]

Whether or not it's technically a sorority or not is irrelevant. Hazing goes on in many different settings (marching band, for example).

The disappointment I feel is from the fact that the U.K. is getting a very warped view of what American sororities actually are and how they function. Too make it worse, the British girls are actually bonding much like a regular pledge class would. You can see it in their reactions following the Pledge Cuts. I think it may have been Alex who mentioned how close she feels to the other pledges. As a result, these girls are developing strong emotional attachments and a vested interest in making it into the final 5. There's no doubt in my mind that this is hazing.

Your argument that they can leave at any time holds true for sororities and fraternities in America as well. It's up to the members of the GLO to make sure that hazing doesn't occur. You can't leave it up to the pledges. It doesn't work that way.

I'm old school, and I certainly experienced and participated in many activities that today are considered hazing. I think a small amount of it is harmless but what they're doing to those girls in the show is horrible. Electrocution?! Um, no.

[southernbelle14]

Okay, I just have to say this because it's bothering me....
Thethe definition of electrocute is to kill by electric shock. They were not electrocuted. They were shocked.

[Leslie Anne]

Thank you for the clarification. You're right, they were shocked. And I think it's hazing.