Tent Talk & "Bottom-Tier" Houses

[BlueOwl]

Tent talk will never go away, and now with internet websites pnm's go into recruitment with way too many impressions of chapters. I do believe that we human creatures tend to gravitate towards those who are similar to us, and that we tend to attract those who are similar to us. Thus, the ABC chapter that is is overwhelmingly attractive will tend to attract and retain very attractive pnm's. And if XYZ chapter is really athletic and jock-ish, they will likely attract and retain lots of those pnm's. It's a natural selection, I think. The hippie types and the quiet ones will do likewise. It really does work that way.Don't you think?

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by BlueOwl

Tent talk will never go away, and now with internet websites pnm's go into recruitment with way too many impressions of chapters. I do believe that we human creatures tend to gravitate towards those who are similar to us, and that we tend to attract those who are similar to us. Thus, the ABC chapter that is is overwhelmingly attractive will tend to attract and retain very attractive pnm's. And if XYZ chapter is really athletic and jock-ish, they will likely attract and retain lots of those pnm's. It's a natural selection, I think. The hippie types and the quiet ones will do likewise. It really does work that way.Don't you think?

not entirely. the top houses will attract those that are similar, plus pnms who aspire to be like the girls in those houses. You will find pretty, slender girls in the fat house, girls who struggle with grades in the brainy house, party girls in the bible study house, and girls who wear daisy dukes and slouch boots in the preppy house.

The blonde house is not all blondes, ABC does not have all the cheerleaders, and all the XYZs don't hang out at the same fraternity.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by BlueOwl

Tent talk will never go away, and now with internet websites pnm's go into recruitment with way too many impressions of chapters. I do believe that we human creatures tend to gravitate towards those who are similar to us, and that we tend to attract those who are similar to us. Thus, the ABC chapter that is is overwhelmingly attractive will tend to attract and retain very attractive pnm's. And if XYZ chapter is really athletic and jock-ish, they will likely attract and retain lots of those pnm's. It's a natural selection, I think. The hippie types and the quiet ones will do likewise. It really does work that way.Don't you think?

Exactly.

Not to say that there won't be women who don't fit the stereotype - few chapters are homogeneous, and the larger the chapter, the more likely to have differences.

But humans tend to choose friends who are like them, and any group that has a vote on activities will do those that the majority want to do. So if, for example, athletics is important to a large part of the chapter, conversations will tend to focus on athletics, and women will tend to have more interesting conversations with those who appreciate athletics ... This is human nature.

Things will change. Within any group, as members come and go, emphasis changes. The chapter that was the jock chapter 10 years ago may well be the princess chapter now; the princess chapter of 8 years ago (that's only 2 full chapters, after all) may be the nerds now. Who knows.