D9 stereotyping..

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Originally Posted by BlueReign

I'm glad you told her Soror!

I'm pretty, smart, AND confrontational. I wonder what that makes me.

Honestly, I am told by mostly stupid men (who mainly perpetuate this nonsense stereotyping) that I fit the stereotype of AKA.

The only comments I hear from women -- and other greek women in my local NPHC chapter at that -- is that we are so small we all know each other. My pet peeve is other greek women in my area (DC/Baltimore) who are surprised that we have so many graduate chapters in this area. I even had one neo Zeta ask me if I was able to "find a chapter"? Whatever?

My response: For the record, there are 6 graduate chapters in the DC area alone, not including the Baltimore area chapters. This is a greater metropolitan area with a large black population, what did you expect?

i hear that soror - NYC has 3 grad chapters, with another nearby in Westchester and in LI. dont tell me about some "finding a chapter" cause we got this!

Originally Posted by bluethunder

okay, i am probably going to be taking the less popular approach to this topic, but i go forth nonetheless:

i, like many soRHOrs, have had people tell me that i just COULDN'T be an SGRho because Sigma Gamma Rho sorors are either really big or really skinny or really nerdy or sloppy or whatever... or they will talk about how Sigma Gamma Rho is mostly older ladies...there have even been times when individuals have made the comment that i'm the "best looking" SGRho they have met...
i don't buy into the hype of stereotypes because one size definitely does not fit all. Wearing certain letters and colors doesn't make you pretty, smart, or ladylike and wearing others don't mean you are a reject or the size of a polar bear...

HOWEVER, i think we have to acknowledge that stereotypes do come from somewhere...whether or not they hold true is another issue. keep it real, y'all. look at some of these photogalleries--and i mean this for ALL of us orgs.--and you'll see some stereotypes "appear".

i've gotten that too! i mean i cute and all, but i aint no model chick either! so dudes, greek and non-greek, really get me when theyre like "damn you are a fine SGRho, do you got other sorors who look like you?"

another greek dude said to me "man yall are like the AKA chapter of SGRho cause some other chapters - dayum!"

but word, i feel like ive perpetuated some stereotypes (physically and mentally, within my org and other orgs) and i shouldnt. bad soror, bad. (slaps myself on the hand)