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In reply to the discussion: I attended a private university during the late 70s - early 80s [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)34. Could be.
We thought we were pretty hard-core party animals in the late '60s, but when somebody got too drunk to stand we took them home and put them to bed instead of leaving them alone and vulnerable. I distinctly remember helping carry a very drunk female friend back to her dorm room. Smoking pot also seemed to operate against orgiastic behavior. Must have been the Reagan years that caused kids to go nuts.
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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