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In reply to the discussion: I attended a private university during the late 70s - early 80s [View all]MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)26. Tritto...
I went to Northwestern in the late 80's. I lived in a women's dorm. We were told which frats to avoid because of how they treated women. It was clear what that implied: rape.
One time we were so bored we went into one of the sporty frats. We were punk and goth kids who wouldn't be caught dead in them, but one of our more conservative friends was invited to a party there and she made us go. I saw a bunch of frat boys pick up a TINY girl and try to carry her up the stairs. She was screaming. A bunch of us intervened and they let her go, but they seemed to think it was funny. They were all drunk as fuck and awful.
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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