[15432] in APO-L
Almighty all-male all through email all the time?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michele Costabile Doney)
Sun Nov 10 19:03:24 1996
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 07:00:41 -0500
Reply-To: Michele Costabile Doney <costabil@PILOT.MSU.EDU>
From: Michele Costabile Doney <costabil@PILOT.MSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
>If an all-male chapter
>does "guy-stuff" for Rush, how many women would pledge?
What would be an example of "guy stuff" that would keep women from pledging?
>Here's another idea:
>
>Instead of forcing all-males to go co-ed, why not insert a special clause in
>the by-laws to allow an all-female chapter of APO at a school with an
>all-male
>already there? That's right- TWO APO chapters at the school.
I can just see an interview between APO and the local school newspaper:
paper: You're the only organization on campus that's sexually segregated.
Why is that?
APO: The men don't want women in their chapter.
paper: Don't you find that to be discriminatory?
APO: Nope.
paper: Do you feel the community would be happy to have your sexually
segregated organization doing service projects? What sort of lesson does
that provide for the community's children?
APO: It tells the children that tradition is more important than and equality.
paper: I see. Why exactly do you exclude women?
APO: They destroy the fraternal atmosphere and they don't like the guy stuff.
paper: But I thought the most important part of APO is the sense of
leadership, friendship, and service. How does sexual segregation promote
these ideas?
APO: You just don't understand.
paper: Would you care to explain?
APO: Nope. You wouldn't get it. You're a girl.
Michele Doney
costabil@pilot.msu.edu
"Gecko.... wasn't he the REALLY quiet Marx brother?" - CH
