Social Status Of Frats And Sororities

An integral part of greek college life is called the “mixer.” Essentially similar frats and sororities party together in a process called “pairing.” This event is mainly carried out to improve the social status of a frat or sorority. On the sorority side, it is important to make themselves seem desirable, in order for a top tier frat to pair with them. Not surprisingly, most activity that connects to Frats and Sororities are driven by social statuses, and sometimes these social forces can overstep gender boundaries. In fact, one of the main reasons people join frats and sororities, is because they feel like their social lives depend on their membership in this organization. Due to this devotion towards the greek system, students will humiliate
A renowned feminist author, Alexandra Robbins states that “Many sisters told me that their sororities have swept these issues under the rug, insisting that the public – and, in some cases, the university – shouldn’t know about them.” (Source D). This demonstrates how important social statuses are and also hints at the corruption of the whole system. Frats and sororities have been becoming more independent of the colleges they reside in, and because of this they are allowed to hide the uglier parts of greek life. In fact, sororities and fraternities deal with housing costs that help universities. It is possible that universities do not want to deal with assault problems in their schools because frats and sororities are difficult to deal with and they already pay some of the housing costs. However the overall significance of the secrecy within sororities simply rejects support for the assaulted and prevents anything to done about the assaults. The social relationship between the frat and the sorority is the cause for the hostility towards sororities own