To the Editor:Re “Rejecting Greek Life” (Sunday Styles, Aug. 2):Some decades ago I studied the impact of fraternities and sororities on the student cultures of colleges and universities. Historically, fraternities arose as a way of institutionalizing the resistance of collegians, more interested in play than in study, to the demands of faculty and administration. Fraternities sorted out groups by religion, class and race, creating hierarchies of prestige. Sororities may have been more circumspect, but they nonetheless offered “sisters” a structure of social hierarchy and imposed pressures toward conformity, bearing their own cruelties. Socializing with campus fraternities could also make college women vulnerable to sexual abuse.

Source: New York Times August 09, 2020 15:56 UTC