[15441] in APO-L
Re: What is important about all-male chapters?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (The Italian Stallion)
Mon Nov 11 01:19:52 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 23:56:31 -0600
Reply-To: The Italian Stallion <librimd@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>
From: The Italian Stallion <librimd@MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199611110043.SAA02310@ducserv.mail.auburn.edu>
> Perhaps this discussion would be well served if someone would explain to
> the list, what is the merit in keeping all-male chapters? What do these
> chapters do that could not be done if they became coed? I know that
> this has been touched on before, but I don't remember seeing a real
> clear explanation.
You haven't gotten a clear explanation because its hard to give. Its
like asking someone who's Italian-American why they're so proud of that
fact. An AllMale chapter's brothers have a different type of organization
than the coed ones do. Now, I'm not saying that coed chapters don't have
intense brotherhood, indeed, I feel great brotherhood with many female
brothers. Some of the ones on this list in fact. It's something about
sharing a connection with these other guys that makes being in an AllMale
chapter special. Trying to explain it is just difficult. It's like being
proud of your religion, your school, your family. In fact, its alot like
family. Female brothers, the little sisters and the sweetheart in our
chapter are all good people, they work hard, we're friends, and in the
case of female brothers, we share the bond of brotherhood, but there
is just something about being in a group with a bunch of other guys.
Obviously, it is important to us, so important that we are willing to
fight incredibly hard to stay the way we are.
-Delta 1159
Mark Librizzi
