Soror, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I think it's ridiculous for a woman to be ok with being called a man (i.e., a "brother") and a man to be ok with being called a woman (i.e., a "sister").
ETA: To me, it's ridiculous b/c you are being called something that you are not. For example, if there was a sorority out there for only people of XYZ nationality and the way of referring to the person was by that nationality (e.g., What's up fellow American sister?) and you are *French* then, to me, it is ridiculous to introduce yourself as an American sister of Q organization when you are *French*. Analogously, why require a member to be called a brother and she is a woman or vice versa? But if the women and the men whom are mislabeled are ok with it then whatever I guess.
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Originally Posted by SKEEphistAKAte
I do agree with those sentiments, however, it sounds ridiculous for a woman to call another woman her "frat brother" or for a man to call another man his "sorority sister". That sounds absolutely ridiculous. Do I respect their right to have such a tradition? Certainly. Am I entitled to an opinion on how it sounds to an outsider? Certainly. Do I really care about why they do it? No, because I'm not a member of any such organization. ~shrugs~
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