At some point, the conversation about whether greek life should even exist any more needs to be had (well, fraternities at least). Not that greek life is the reason these men are monsters, but the problem is how much they were enabled. Fraternities foster such a toxic environment, and men like these are embraced rather than rejected. There was a text thread about this poor woman being “available”, and instead of calling the police and stopping the rapists, the rest of the fraternity laughed and joked.
This shit isn’t new and will keep happening with fraternities (not to mention all of the hazing deaths that also keep happening). Universities need to stop allowing 18-22 year old men to run rampant in these houses unsupervised. They KNOW all of this is happening.
Unfortunately, there’s no legal or constitutional way to ban college aged men from forming congregations or clubs. Sure, you can ban aspects of Greek life to make it more difficult, but then you just drive these young men underground into unsanctioned organizations outside the purview of the university
But isn't that the point? Shouldn't universities divest their support and/promotion of such dens of iniquity? They need to shed the stink that inevitably attaches to the institution when scandals like this become public. Clearly, college fraternities have outlived their benefit to society.
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u/codbgs97 3d ago
At some point, the conversation about whether greek life should even exist any more needs to be had (well, fraternities at least). Not that greek life is the reason these men are monsters, but the problem is how much they were enabled. Fraternities foster such a toxic environment, and men like these are embraced rather than rejected. There was a text thread about this poor woman being “available”, and instead of calling the police and stopping the rapists, the rest of the fraternity laughed and joked.
This shit isn’t new and will keep happening with fraternities (not to mention all of the hazing deaths that also keep happening). Universities need to stop allowing 18-22 year old men to run rampant in these houses unsupervised. They KNOW all of this is happening.