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Originally posted by Empress0105
I just wanted to interject...
Fraternity isn't just for all male, or formerly all male groups...
there are several "fraternities for women" that were founded before the word sorority was used...case in point, Sigma Alpha Iota.
just a lil fyi
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That is correct, and I don't know of any fraternities of women calling themselves brothers. However, it wouldn't matter anyway what another organization chooses to call it's members. Alpha Phi Omega (USA) chooses to call it's members brothers. On your point about the word "Fraternity" isn't just for all male entities, I would agree with you. In this case, the word "Fraternity" in this Fraternity had the meaning "for males", and that is were brothers hold onto the aspect of the word Fraternity in it's traditional sense. Not the variables outside this Fraternity. You might even see a protest of girls, within a fraternity of women, who had always called their members sisters and then a guy joins and but he wants to be called sister, and some females want to call him brother, because they can see themselves calling him a sister. But the same thing would apply here. What does the organization defines it's members.
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