Film Studies and Social Scene

[circuitrider]

<p>FoxboroPiper wrote:

I don’t completely understand your aside about Wesleyan, circuitrider. If you’re suggesting that jock culture is generally associated with rape, I disagree. On the contrary, it is particularly on this point where “jock culture” and “fraternity culture” differ greatly (though they may otherwise overlap at other schools). I think this is primarily why Williams is proud of its anti-Greek position.

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<p>Sadly, I think if the Janet Epifano story at Amherst illustrates anything it is that , intentionally or not, a college can develop a prevailing rape culture even without offically sanctioned male fraternities. It was the Atlantic Monthly article which I felt needed citing, in part because it was recently published, that drew the connection between sports and rape by specifically focusing on the three sports oriented fraternities in existence at Wesleyan. The fact (and this is one of my many peeves with the article) that those three fraternities play a relatively minor role in the social scene at Wesleyan was completely ignored. The two most popular fraternities - both of which are co-ed - have very little identification with sports at all and their primary missions seem to be the serving of delicious hot meals (Alpha Delt) and the sponsorship of weekly rock concerts (Eclectic.) Are there similar places at Williams?</p>