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In reply to the discussion: I attended a private university during the late 70s - early 80s [View all]LisaM
(27,808 posts)18. I never encountered parties like this, either. Late 70s, early 80s.
I went to the University of Michigan and there were plenty of rich kids there - maybe this went on in fraternity parties, though I even went to a couple of those and didn't see anything along these lines.
I never even heard of the date rape drug until long after I was out of college. I don't remember hearing anything about it when I was in school. And I was no stranger to parties. In fact, as I noted in a different thread, when someone had too much, it was the norm to care of the person, making sure he or she was put in a quiet room to sleep it off, or making sure the person got home okay, giving them water before they went to bed, that kind of thing. I never witnessed anyone taking advantage of a drunk woman at the parties I went to.
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Reading through the responses on this thread, it appears that fraternities are the problem.
yardwork
Sep 2018
#20
Yes, I think the frat "culture," especially where the members were entitled rich brats
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2018
#23
The entire culture in the 1980s was sick. Reagan got elected by Young Republicans.
yardwork
Sep 2018
#21
as Micheal Moore said to Chris Hayes last night "We all know these guys" Judging from the handful
mulsh
Sep 2018
#11
I guess I was lucky to have gone to a school where this sort of partying wasn't common,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2018
#19
GOP has supported rape from day one. Women who disobey will be raped or killed
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2018
#27
Me too. Rutgers and NYU at age 14-16. By the time I was in college I could afford booze and
bettyellen
Sep 2018
#29
I remember a party that a good friend of mine had, at her house (she was ...
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2018
#40