What happened today? In a very simplistic manner...we went out as council groups and asked member of other councils in the public (ie: other IFC's, MCGC's, NPHC's) for answers to broad questions which related to ritual and activities/values a particular chapter spent the most time doing.
I had preconceived notions to the answers, but were actually shocked of the actual responses. I knew that sororities were going to give answers more "politically correct" as in they value sisterhood, philanthropy, academia, etc..over what fraternities. That part was not shocking. Most everyone associates fraternities with drinking...and the two IFC fraternities we asked their first answer to most time spent towards an activity was drinking. I was shocked that they didnt' even try to hide it by saying brotherhood which would atleast soften it. Another frequent response was eating meals as a fraternity. Then, struggling for a third answer (because the qustions asked for 3) was either brotherhood or philanthropy.
In it's irony, I sometimes feel as though fraternities have stronger bonds within members that sororities. Yes this is me generalizing, and yes this could vary from chapter to chapter. I'm not saying my chapter has weak bonds by any means, but I feel as though fraternities have a lot more "bro-ness" or "tight-ness". So as sororities can spit out mottos, quotes, whole passages from ritual, what does it actually mean if it's not being applied to creating the bonds within individual chapters??
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