from the author of Pledged

[sigmadiva]

I went to Borders Bookstore and read through the book. It is in the young adult section. It did seem to have a slightly negative tone to it. Overall, I felt that it was not very objective. It seemed as if she was looking for all the negative points that can occur in NPC sorority life and focused on them.

I don't remember if it was said in this forum or another one, but the problems she listed as being wrong with NPC greek life can be found in *any* organization. I think that is what is bugging people. She makes it seem as if those problems: peer pressure, eating disorders, ill feelings towards your fellow chapter members, etc., are exclusively found in NPC sororities and not in any other group.

Also, I have to agree with what has been said before in that I think her arguments about NPC sorority life could be more credible if she compared the actions of NPC sorority members to a female dorm, women's glee club or the general female population of a college/university, i.e., non-greek women. THEN, if there was a major difference in the amount of peer pressure experienced between greeks and non-greeks, that would lend importance to her conclusions about NPC sorority life. You know, maybe she should have done some comparative studies and collected data (numbers). A simple poll would have been nice to see.

The book is written like a diary and I think it should be read in that context.

I also thought it was wrong to list confidential sorority information. True or not, it was just bad taste.