U-Va. uproar about Rolling Stone story spawns debate over fairness to fraternities

Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2014-12-15 11:10

Article here. Excerpt:

'The uproar about student safety at the University of Virginia in the weeks after Rolling Stone magazine published an incendiary article on an alleged fraternity gang rape has spawned an intense debate about the school’s treatment of fraternal organizations.
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The leadership of the Sigma Chi International Fraternity, which has a chapter at U-Va. that dates to 1860, is saying the university is considering proposals to give police “unfettered access” to private fraternity houses and to require that chapters make alcohol-detecting breath-test devices available during parties.

In a letter to U-Va., the Sigma Chi leaders asserted their opposition to any police-access proposal that would violate members’ constitutional protections.

In addition, requiring undergraduates “to assume the role of policing their friends with breathalyzers is an unnecessary elevation from the responsibilities they presently have when they consciously decide to invite other students into their homes for social gatherings,” wrote Michael A. Greenberg, grand consul/international president of Sigma Chi, and Michael J. Church, executive director.'

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I've read repeated comments in various forums that fraternities are a part of the problem, especially frat parties where the likelihood of women being raped is very high.

If that's the case, why do women go to these parties, especially after they learn the risk involved? If women quit going to these parties, the parties would likely quit being held. No ladies, no men. (For the same reason bars often host "ladies nights".) In fact, if women simply quit going, all the problems associated with sexual assault at fraternities would be solved forthwith. And yet suggesting that women not go to these parties is called "blaming the victims." But they wouldn't be victims if they didn't go. Going someplace where you're likely to be raped is like jumping into a pool full of sharks.

The supposed 1-in-5 stat is similar to the rate of rape in the Congo. But there's a difference: in the Congo, women actually try to avoid the soldiers who rape them. In the US, they apparently flock to their parties when invited. I guess women in the Congo are smarter than women at US colleges.

There's an ad that shows college kids choosing between a running car and a wall of chainsaws. Of course, the kids choose the wall of chainsaws. It's a parody of horror flicks, but maybe college women have watched too many horror flicks and have lost the ability to make smart choices--especially with feminists telling them to make the wrong choices.

Maybe feminism is the ultimate horror flick. It's Jason on steroids. Or at least Jason suffering from estrogen poisoning.

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2014-12-17 01:44