Male "Sorority" Controversy at Tennessee State

[Stef the Pef]

For some reason, I thought the MiAKA pics they used in that were from Texas Southern, too.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Stef the Pef

For some reason, I thought the MiAKA pics they used in that were from Texas Southern, too.

That's what has been said everywhere else. In fact AKAs at Texas Southern have acknowledged those photos and are doing what is necessary to disban the group. So is this a different group or what? In any case, I think we should let the org in question handle it.

[ladygreek]

The pics came from the MySpace or Facebook page of one of the group--Joseph. The dressing up as women was separate from the MIAKA photos.

I can't believe it has made TV news. MIAKAs as well as other sorority "male groups", i.e. Delta Beaux/Gents have been around for years. And until now they have been ignored.

I guess Joseph has gotten his 15 minutes of fame and more.

But then how different is it than female members of fraternity aux groups who dress and act like the fraternity members--read: Omega Pearls/Gems? There are a lots of pics on the Net showing that, too. Wolfman why don't you post those?

[M0N1CE]

I saw this a while back. it's old, but it fits the topic.


http://tsus-miaka.tripod.com/id1.html

[jitterbug13]

The pics in the story are from Texas Southern. I wish they would have said that in the story.

And for the website, I think it is VERY IRONIC that the MIAKA chapter started RIGHT AFTER the AKAs at TSU came back. Those girls (my sister included) were probably so busy trying to get the chapter going again they probably didn't pay attention to the guys who were wishing they were on line with them.

[neosoul]

Originally Posted by M0N1CE

I saw this a while back. it's old, but it fits the topic.


http://tsus-miaka.tripod.com/id1.html

wow...

[Akception]

Originally Posted by M0N1CE

I saw this a while back. it's old, but it fits the topic.


http://tsus-miaka.tripod.com/id1.html

*Akception faints and gently falls on her compact as she leaves the site above...*

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

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Do you even visit the NPHC threads or other BGLO boards? This has been discussed for days now. Funny you would post it here in Greek Life.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=84698

No, I don't scour all the boards all the time. I came across this information from another source. I thought this was an interesting story,period--not as it pertains to BGLOs per se.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

But then how different is it than female members of fraternity aux groups who dress and act like the fraternity members--read: Omega Pearls/Gems? There are a lots of pics on the Net showing that, too. Wolfman why don't you post those?

I've never seen any female aux members as ... enthusiastic (?) as the male members from all these sites, but then I realized that there are probably calmer male members too, that we don't see all over the Internet. So I looked at a couple of fraternity auxiliary groups' websites. They can get pretty intense too ...

http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/lambdasigmaquepearls/
http://www.freewebs.com/quepearlsisterhoodnetwork/
http://www.jazzynupe.net/Kappa/Sweetheart/

[UGAalum94]

It seems like the news story points out that these guys are crossing the line between appreciating and wanting to help the group into wanting to be in and pretending to be in the group.

Auxiliary groups, if your national group allows them, seem fine to me, but it doesn't seem like guys would be dressing up in the colors and doing the signs if they were just supporting the women.

I hope that this weirdness doesn't reflect badly on the auxiliary groups that are really what they are supposed to be.

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

The pics came from the MySpace or Facebook page of one of the group--Joseph. The dressing up as women was separate from the MIAKA photos.

I can't believe it has made TV news. MIAKAs as well as other sorority "male groups", i.e. Delta Beaux/Gents have been around for years. And until now they have been ignored.

I guess Joseph has gotten his 15 minutes of fame and more.

But then how different is it than female members of fraternity aux groups who dress and act like the fraternity members--read: Omega Pearls/Gems? There are a lots of pics on the Net showing that, too. Wolfman why don't you post those?

I posted this because it was a news story.It has, because of the certain actions on that campus, become a story that has merited some media attention. That's what was noteworthy to me.I've seen all kinds of pics from Que Pearls that have crossed the lines and I've seen a lot of heated dialogue by Ques in our circles. To my knowledge, there haven't been attempts of these women to actually try to replicate Omega Psi Phi and claim to be Ques.If there was a news story out there about it, I'd post that too. Why be so defensive? It makes no sense. My interest is sociological just as much as it about Greek life. It definitely has something to do with the construals of gender,gender relations and how it intersects with sexuality in the African American community,which has implications for far more important matters that affect the community, I think.

[BlueNYC2]

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg88cgsw_6gcsc47

smh...

[M0N1CE]

uhrm WOW

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by BlueNYC2

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg88cgsw_6gcsc47

smh...

Is that for real? Or is it a bad joke?

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

Is that for real? Or is it a bad joke?

Well, it depends on your definition of "for real."

The people in the photographs have already been identified and advised/counseled/admonished, whatever.