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Originally Posted by GDIfly
So I think that you saying now that AI members don't need to feel in favor of a separate section is kind of disrespecting these women and their feelings on the issue.
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I am not disrespecting anyone. Please don't put words in my mouth. These women can have the same conversations you have described in the Alumni Involvement section, Greek Life, or any of the other forums.
Saying that women who have joined through AI programs need their own separate forum to compare stories is like saying we need to have a forum just for women initiated into sororities in Rhode Island 1955-1983. Women who join through AI represent a very small (very valued) percentage of sorority members. Add to this the fact that not every AI in Greekdom is a GC poster. Thus it doesn't justify its own forum.
Certainly, no one is saying that a sister who joined through the AI program should not talk about it and share AFTER the fact with her sisters and other interested posters, but the existence of a forum called "Alumnae Initiation" has brought in a surplus of women openly seeking membership and the vast majority of our organizations aren't prepared for this volume of inquiry into these programs at this time. If and when they open it up to interest meetings and alumnae recruitment, having an AI forum on GC would be useful.
In the meantime, I would encourage sisters who joined through AI to share their stories after the fact-- but this would not require an entire forum. If it does, let's open forums for "Asians who join NPHC fraternities," "Jewish girls who join Christian GLOs," etc.
Women who join through AI are few. Once they join, they are our sisters. Some sisters who have joined through AI have expressed feeling left out or feeling that AI is a stigma. There's no need to segregate our sisters IRL on the internet. There are plenty of existing forums to discuss Greek Life and their membership experiences.
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