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They are called “pledge” instead of their names, and undergo gruelling maltreatment under the guise of their pledge-ship and, eventually, their initiation.
What I find specifically frightening about said masculinity within fraternities is the culture of dominance and aggression that is instilled during the pledging process.įraternity pledges within some organizations (not all) are treated as less-than-human. To be fair, I do know numerous non-heterosexual fraternity members, so I’m speaking in an entirely generalist sense. This isn’t all too surprising, given that this masculinity, so to speak, is the norm. It is the same type of masculinity that perpetuates the sense of entitlement and power that underlies rape culture.įraternities, for the most part, propagate the hegemonic, heteronormative masculinity that is dominant within our society. However, I find the type of masculinity that is ingrained within fraternities to be deeply unsettling. It has surrounded me with strong, like-minded women, given me a sense of community, and has motivated and encouraged me. I’m a firm believer that Greek-life is a positive opportunity. Being a member of a UBC sorority, I found the former to be particularly interesting.
They particularly focus on the culture pertaining to masculinity on campus in the forms of fraternities and athletics. The documentary essentially outlines the ways in which rape culture is systematically enforced on college campuses, leading to an exorbitant amount of sexual assaults on young women. Most people have been doing this for ages, but I’m a late bloomer I suppose, and I ended up watching a documentary called “The Hunting Ground.” So of course, the day after boxing day, I woke up early specifically to watch Netflix in bed.
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It gave my somewhat archaic, non-technologically advanced TV the capability of connecting to Netflix. I didn’t know what it was either, until she brought it home for me and it turned out to be the end of my social life and simultaneously the best thing to happen to me in 2016 (which doesn’t carry a lot of weight being that it is only January 21). Anyway, I highly recommend the film, though I would give warnings if you are sensitive to this topic.On boxing day my mom got me a Roku. Sorry if this was along rant it's just that I couldn't stand it, seeing these assholes completely dismiss stories like these and being completely oblivious to the damage that they perpetuate. This is why rape victims both Male and Female have a hard time coming out, because of these very bastards who go against stories as show in this film. It just pisses me off, knowing that they are perpetuating the very rape culture they so adamantly fight against. I know that probably doesn't sound the best but to me it was alot more fleshed out from this documentary and the fact that these people either flat out denied it or laughed it off is infuriating, they even showed MALE RAPE VICTIMS which these people cry saying that they don't give enough attention. I finally saw the entirety of rape culture and what it really means. Subreddits like Mensrights and KotakuinAction tried to use an article from the Washington Examiner to try to say that they edited Wikipedia to try to fir their narrative, siding with the Universities in saying that the stories were fake, even though that that was mentioned in the documentary and theRedPill even joking about it, which was infuriating to see. Now I decided to look on reddit to see what they had to say about it and I found predictable results. They didn't deserve any of that and should get justice for all that they went through and I hope that the two girls' network thrives and helps other victims. I feel absolute heartache for all those victims and what they went through. And it was one of the most eye-opening films I've ever seen.