[15518] in APO-L
Seperate but Equal?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn Murphy)
Tue Nov 12 19:10:23 1996
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:11:15 -0500
Reply-To: Shawn Murphy <Shawn.Murphy@VT.EDU>
From: Shawn Murphy <Shawn.Murphy@VT.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
With all this talk about whether Alpha Phi Omega should make every chapter
Co-Ed, we have missed some very important fundamental problems with
allowing all male chapters to exist in this organization...
Too often is the case that brothers from"all male" chapters treat the
female BROTHERS (from other chapters) with disrespect based on their
gender. I know of many people who graduate from "coed chapter" schools who
decide to do graduate studies at other schools. Sometimes they end up at
schools with "All-Male" Chapters that do not allow these brothers to
associate themselves with the program at their school, because they want
to remain all male. This is a perfect example of LOCATION DISCRIMINATION
based on gender. Is that right? Do we really want to project this image
to our own brothers, because of some agreement that may or may not have
actually existed over 20 years ago?
As a brother of Alpha Phi Omega NATIONAL Service Fraternity, I don't think
I would like to be seen as an organization who says you can be a full
member here, but not somewhere else. SO, I believe that Nationals does
need to tackle this problem instead of sweeping it under a rug.
Sorry guys
Shawn Life Member
