MTV and Sororities

[trixxi]

I know it's going to be imposible to defend Sigma, but I feel as though it's unfair to judge so much knowing so little about what happened with us this past year. Greeks always complain about being judged by others and yet you're now turning and judging us without knowing all of the facts. Perhaps this was a bad decision, but we don't know that yet. Certainly we knew that the show would not be all positive. Nothing is completely positive, and I think we felt comfortable with that because we have so much confidence in our organization. But to address a few things that have been brought up: 1)we did not know about the other oganziations who'd turned this down or why they had. We have no nationals and no advisors to speak of. We did ask advice of those around us and, knowing us and who we were, they thought it would be a good experience. 2) it took us months to come to this decision, and after talking with the creator for that long about every concern we had, we felt confident enough to accept his proposal. 3) I really still believe that after all is said and done, we will be portrayed positively. I have never seen a real world with a cast member who is completely bitchy or annoying or whatever and who never has any redeeming qualities. Even Amaya was redeemed at the end of Hawaii. I think this show will have a lot of things in it that aren't "true" or "real", but I also know that they captured incredible moments of sisterhood that I'm sure they will show. Yes people watch for the drama, but ultimately, this country likes to see a happy ending. 4) you know what, clearly people judge - that's a given. and people who look at this show and say "see, that's what all sororities are like" would have said that anyway after seeing anything, even just one girl on their own campus. We are all human, we have flaws, we drink, we fight, but we also care about our organizations. What's so bad about a little partying anyway? If greeks are expected to be perfect and to portray an image of perfection, then we are all just fooling ourselves. Let's just wait and see how the entire show turns out because I KNOW, after seeing what they shot, at least of the sisters (not necessarily our PNMs, though we call them pledges), that it won't be all bad.