Sororities and crazy women!!!

CutiePie2000 · #1 08-31-2006, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Taualumna

I know a girl who is sort of a hippiechick, and she is in a sorority.

Really? I thought we all had to be Stepford Wives, out to get our "MRS" degree?

tunatartare · #2 08-31-2006, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

Really? I thought we all had to be Stepford Wives, out to get our "MRS" degree?

Can't be Stepford Wives, because no sorority would ever take a married woman. The point of a sorority is to meet a husband, duh.

adpiucf · #3 08-31-2006, 02:30 PM

My point isn't to say that there are crazy hippies, goths, etc., who join sororities-- it is just that everyone is looking to conform to some social group; some fit in with more than one. Sororities represent the mainstream elite ideal. And while majority are a good fit with diverse interests, and backgrounds, they have a healthy sense of self esteem and personal value that makes the sorority a part of their identity, and not their whole personality. Some crazies are attracted to that latter aspect-- desparate to improve their social station or looking to be envied by others for their affiliation. Some think that by joining they will be popular and loved by all. Or people with a very poor sense of self join thinking the sorority will bring them self-worth.

I think there are fraternity crazies, too, but they manifest themselves in another way... and they don't tend to post much on the internet.

ZTAngel, I vaguely remember that girl... There's one every year like her... They usually rush at a parents' insistence or they don't understand what sororities are. Some think that joining a sorority is a pre-req to get involved with campus activities!

DSTRen13 · #4 08-31-2006, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

Can't be Stepford Wives, because no sorority would ever take a married woman. The point of a sorority is to meet a husband, duh.

There's a local at Georgia State for married women called Mu Rho Sigma, or at least there was a few years ago.

James · #5 09-01-2006, 04:44 AM

Well . . . fraternities don't cap membership. So we can take an unlimited number of people we want at any one time.

That removes a lot of the competitives from the PNMs and places it on the House.

Plus, it means there is no comforing illusions (Rush was comptitive, quota, total etc) if a fraternity doesn't give you a bid, they just didn't like you enough.

Also, men don't seem to suffer from the form of wishfulfillment of seeking to join a GLO X-many years after leaving college, as much as women seem to . . . .

KillarneyRose · #6 09-01-2006, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by James

Well . . . fraternities don't cap membership. So we can take an unlimited number of people we want at any one time.

That removes a lot of the competitives from the PNMs and places it on the House.

Plus, it means there is no comforing illusions (Rush was comptitive, quota, total etc) if a fraternity doesn't give you a bid, they just didn't like you enough.

Also, men don't seem to suffer from the form of wishfulfillment of seeking to join a GLO X-many years after leaving college, as much as women seem to . . . .

James, you basically took everything I wanted to say and distilled it down to a clean, concise post. So, I thank you for doing my work for me

KSUViolet06 · #7 09-01-2006, 11:09 AM

I dunno. My big and I joke that all the crazy girls hide out all year and wait for sorority recruitment and then "come out of the crazy closet".

greekalum · #8 09-01-2006, 03:06 PM

Oh, I don't think it's that bad. The crazies are just so obvious, but when I was in school there was really only one crazy woman (out of 300-400 rushing) per year, which aren't bad odds.

Even here, the # of real nutbags compared to posters/lurkers isn't that extraordinary. Crazy people are just more noticeable.

erica812 · #9 08-31-2006, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by crzychx

A married girl came through UK recruitment this year-she lived in the dorms & her husband lived elsewhere!

There will always be surprising situations. I went to college with a girl who got married in the summer after our freshman year. She lived in the dorm while her husband was stationed elsewhere in the army. Yes, she was in a sorority.

_Lisa_ · #10 08-31-2006, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by erica812

There will always be surprising situations. I went to college with a girl who got married in the summer after our freshman year. She lived in the dorm while her husband was stationed elsewhere in the army. Yes, she was in a sorority.

Hey now-I don't see anything wrong with it-but it is definitely something you've got to wonder about!