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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-09-23 06:11 pm

[ SECRET POST #2821 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2821 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Twin Peaks]


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[Star Trek]


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[Fall Out Boy]


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[Monster]


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[Left 4 Dead 2/Grand Theft Auto 5]


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[Cabin Pressure]


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[Quantum Leap]


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[Amy Winehouse]

















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Re: Fratboys

(Anonymous) 2014-09-23 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It depends massively on the frat or sorority and campus.

I do think, even in the best cases, frats are going to be at least somewhat regressive in their views of gender, but I don't think that's at all the same thing as being a rape-positive hive of scum.

Re: Fratboys

(Anonymous) 2014-09-24 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
I do think, even in the best cases, frats are going to be at least somewhat regressive in their views of gender

Could you explain why you think this?

Re: Fratboys

(Anonymous) 2014-09-24 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
First of all, a correction - I don't think 'regressive' was precisely the right word here, because it implies an active position. What I
am trying to indicate by that is more passive than that - a lack of interest in thinking about gender roles, and an attachment to a limited, specific perspective that makes it hard to see broader claims, and a willingness to stick to first assumptions informed by the broader culture. Although, of course, there are plenty of frat boys who are actively hostile.

And the reason that I say that is because that's been my experience with people who've been in frats, at several different institutions, and that's been my perception of the frat system in general. I've had close friends and family members who were fraternity brothers, at different frats and at different universities, and they're all great people who I love, but at the same time, all of them can kind of be bros in all senses of the term. I don't think it's surprising that this would be the case, either, in terms of the kinds of people who are attracted to frats, and the effects that centering your life around an exclusively male institution can have.