Duke sorority council bans events with male groups

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2020-11-13 20:07

Article here. Excerpt:

'The Panhellenic Council at Duke University voted to ban chapters of member sororities from hosting “mixers” with all-male organizations, vowing to place chapters that violate the rule on social probation.

The Duke Panhellenic Association “unites women across 10 chapters” of various sororities and is the "largest unified body of undergraduate women at Duke University.”

According to a post on the Duke Panhellenic Association’s Instagram page, the Panhellenic Council voted to ban mixers with all-male organizations to focus on women’s empowerment. The post states that all-male organizations cause concern amongst other groups due to gender dynamics and the objectification of women.

The post defines mixers as “exclusive events between organizations.”'

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Hard to know what else to say. One thing's for sure, nothing like telling a group of young women that some members of some group are "hands off" and "you can't mix with them" guarantees the opposite behavior faster.

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2020-11-14 23:16