A fraternity is designed to promote friendship, to encourage sociability, and allow the expression of ones’ self. Today the obsessive presence of the media has twisted the original positive outlook people had on Greek life. Modern fraternities provide a chance for self-improvement, reinforcement of leadership skills, and philanthropy. Public criticism is deserved when it comes to excessive drinking. But do these organizations advocate misogyny? A fraternity is a holistic institution; to say that all brothers are misogynistic is absurd. Charging fraternities for being misogynistic rape houses is completely illogical. Misogyny is defined as the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. If male Greek’s are misogynistic, …show more content…
One in four women survives sexual assault. Rape is never justified. The “no means no” term has been deemed less indicative as the “only yes means yes” laws begin to take action nationwide. Under the only yes means yes jurisdiction subjects now

have to prove their innocence but the he said/she said disputes still find their way into court. So what is a yes? Colleges/Universities have even started to assess particular situations, for example: What if she unbuttons her shirt and just nod’s? Radical feminist’s blame fraternities for actual male behavioral issues. An anonymous reporter said, “I believe that many fraternities knowingly promote misogyny. Women today are still battling for equality and respect. As long as fraternities exist the idea will be promoted.” Does the existence of sororities not allow for women to form a group and promote equality and feministic views? Equality is defined as the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability. Females have all the rights and privileges listed …show more content…
Students are trained from an early age through culture and pornography to objectify and sexualize women. Seventy-five percent of adolescence’s from ages 12 to 17 will be exposed to extreme pornographic material. In today’s technological world, all it takes is the press of a button on your smartphone. Women seem to not care about the chronic male masturbation dilemma. Females have expressed it like this, “All guys masturbate so it’s not anything that’s likely to change.” Pornography is changing the way men view the average female and what they notice about them. This is why an extensive amount of young adult women are dressing more promiscuously, for the attention of males, and the age for this behavior is also rapidly