Why you didn't make it into a sorority.

[XOMichelle]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
I think the beauty standards are just sort of implicit rather than the blatant stuff we're accused of.

But come on, you guys. I think all of you know that there is at least one house on your campus, probably more, where looks matter. Quite possibly they matter to varying degrees at EVERY house. How reprehensible this is matters on the degree, because god knows that looks matter in LIFE, not just rush.

The reason having cute members matters to houses is a simple matter of survival economics. Rushees are the customers and they want to join houses where the girls look cute -- where and look like they have boys flocking to their doorstep, where the girls look fun and popular.

I was in a house that was considered the "fat sorority" (despite being anything but fat!). We got snubbed by a few fraternities and therefore snubbed by dozens of rushees every year who dropped out if they were left rushing just us. I would cry annually at pref because of how mean the rushees were to me and my chapter. I've been on the other side --it wasn't about who I wanted in my chapter. Looks mattered because the rushees wanted good looks!