Trinity College(CT) - All Greek Orgs Told to Go Co-ed

[33girl]

Originally Posted by naraht

I've met a woman (friend of my mother's) whose parents found 2 & 3 equally unacceptable.

Oh yeah, there was a girl on my floor who she and her parents met the Black roommate on day 1 and promptly moved her stuff out. But if it was a choice between living there and living with a guy I'm pretty sure I know which they would have picked. (We are talking old school dorm rooms here, not suites with individual bedrooms)

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Unfortunately, that is a really heteronormative view of the situation.

It is, but the point is that sex organs =/= skin color or religion. Fraternities and sororities have been admitting people of various colors and religions for quite a while now and they're still identifiable as fraternities and sororities. I believe that if all fraternities and sororities were forced to admit people of the opposite sex, the Greek system would morph into something completely different.

Here's the other thing in this scenario - have there been actual men trying to join the sororities and upset that they can't, or vice versa? The whole "we want to give all students the opportunity to join" rings quite holllow when there's no evidence that any of the students want the "opportunity" that they are trying to create. When Dartmouth went coed, some of the fraternities also went coed on their own, without the school forcing them to do so.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Oh yeah, there was a girl on my floor who she and her parents met the Black roommate on day 1 and promptly moved her stuff out. But if it was a choice between living there and living with a guy I'm pretty sure I know which they would have picked. (We are talking old school dorm rooms here, not suites with individual bedrooms)



It is, but the point is that sex organs =/= skin color or religion. Fraternities and sororities have been admitting people of various colors and religions for quite a while now and they're still identifiable as fraternities and sororities. I believe that if all fraternities and sororities were forced to admit people of the opposite sex, the Greek system would morph into something completely different.

Here's the other thing in this scenario - have there been actual men trying to join the sororities and upset that they can't, or vice versa? The whole "we want to give all students the opportunity to join" rings quite holllow when there's no evidence that any of the students want the "opportunity" that they are trying to create. When Dartmouth went coed, some of the fraternities also went coed on their own, without the school forcing them to do so.

Her parents would have made her go to a different university if 2 & 3 were the only options...

I'm not totally sure how the GLO system would change, Title IX certainly did a number of the Honoraries, but definitely not the same level.

Well, at least *some* students want the option, Delta Psi's chapter is currently co-ed.

Wait... I just figured it out. There would be men who would want to join Sororities, they aren't willing to put up with Gamma Rhos, ranking sororities, cross-cutting and other parts of NPC rush. Since the NPHC sororities don't have that, that's why you get groups like MIAKA.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Here's the other thing in this scenario - have there been actual men trying to join the sororities and upset that they can't, or vice versa? The whole "we want to give all students the opportunity to join" rings quite holllow when there's no evidence that any of the students want the "opportunity" that they are trying to create. When Dartmouth went coed, some of the fraternities also went coed on their own, without the school forcing them to do so.

I do not know of any examples at Trinity with men wanting to join sororities; however, this has come up in a couple of cases.

I remember one of these from 10-15 years ago at Indiana. In that case men that wanted to make the case that because of housing inequalities that they should be allowed to join sororities.