[15592] in APO-L
Re: Almighty all-male all through email all the time?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Delman)
Thu Nov 14 03:01:19 1996
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 01:57:04 -0800
Reply-To: Michael Delman <cliffhng@IX.NETCOM.COM>
From: Michael Delman <cliffhng@IX.NETCOM.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Michele Costabile Doney wrote:
>
> >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?
Have you ever seen guys go out for a nite or go and do things that
_MOST_ women would not like doing.
> 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?
Ummmm.... I believe most, if not all the universities in question have
other fraternities and sororities, which just happen to be sexually
segregated.
> paper: I see. Why exactly do you exclude women?
>
> APO: They destroy the fraternal atmosphere and they don't like the guy stuff.
Destroy may be a bit harsh, but I can see where it would cause
significant change in the atmosphere. Some people are just more
comfortable doing certain things with members of their own sex. I'm
fairly certain even the people who are telling the all male chapters to
go co-ed would agree.
> 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.
I've been told that I wouldn't understand why they wanted to remain
all-male because I'm not from an all-male chapter.
/\/\ike "Cliffhanger" Delman
Alpha Delta Eta - SUNY Albany alum
Section 97 staff
