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Rashawn Ray - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Fraternity life at predominantly white universities in the US: the saliency of race
Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2013Co-Authors: Rashawn RayAbstract:Abstract Research comparing the experiences of black and white fraternities in the same university context has been relatively absent. Because black and white fraternities often face different normative institutional arrangements (e.g. community size, living arrangements and organizational structure), it is important to examine how these arrangements shape Fraternity men's interactions with the broader student community, other Greek-letter organizations and university officials. Using data from an ethnographic study with fifty-two men in three white and four black fraternities at a predominantly white institution, this paper demonstrates that a large community size, private on-campus Fraternity house, gender-specific Greek council and influential alumni afford white Fraternity men the privilege of being held less accountable for their interactions with others. Due to the small black student and Greek communities and gender-neutral Greek council, black Fraternity men are held more accountable for their int...
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sophisticated practitioners black Fraternity men s treatment of women
Journal of African American Studies, 2012Co-Authors: Rashawn RayAbstract:This paper aims to fill an important gap in the literature on BGLOs—how black Fraternity men treat women. Analyzing interview and observation data from a 9-month study including 28 black Fraternity men, I find that the level of accountability, visibility, and personalization elicited by the small black community at PWIs leads to black Fraternity men acting as “sophisticated practitioners” to strategize about the best ways to romantically and sexually engage women. Three factors—perception of the type of woman being engaged, desired relationship status, and structural conditions—facilitate the strategies (i.e., language usage and “reverse psychology”) they employ. Still, black Fraternity men treat women more respectfully than white Fraternity men and other black men due to the socialization process that black Fraternity men normally undergo to be members of their organization.
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the two different worlds of black and white Fraternity men visibility and accountability as mechanisms of privilege
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 2012Co-Authors: Rashawn Ray, Jason A RosowAbstract:There has been limited empirical research on how individuals “do privilege.” As a result, our understandings are incomplete about how high-status groups continue reaping the benefits of privilege. Using data from fifty-two men in three white and four black fraternities at a predominately white institution, this paper demonstrates that visibility and accountability function as mechanisms of privilege. Because of a large community size, central Fraternity house, and influential alumni, white Fraternity men are afforded a hyper level of invisibility and unaccountability. Because of the small black community and the obligation black Fraternity men perceive having to be the ideal black student, they reap a hyper level of visibility and accountability based on expectations from and interactions with a host of others (e.g., university officials, white students, black community, women). By showing how high-status whites epitomize an ideal white racial identity and preserve inter- and intraracial boundaries, we ad...
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Sophisticated Practitioners: Black Fraternity Men’s Treatment of Women
Journal of African American Studies, 2011Co-Authors: Rashawn RayAbstract:This paper aims to fill an important gap in the literature on BGLOs—how black Fraternity men treat women. Analyzing interview and observation data from a 9-month study including 28 black Fraternity men, I find that the level of accountability, visibility, and personalization elicited by the small black community at PWIs leads to black Fraternity men acting as “sophisticated practitioners” to strategize about the best ways to romantically and sexually engage women. Three factors—perception of the type of woman being engaged, desired relationship status, and structural conditions—facilitate the strategies (i.e., language usage and “reverse psychology”) they employ. Still, black Fraternity men treat women more respectfully than white Fraternity men and other black men due to the socialization process that black Fraternity men normally undergo to be members of their organization.
Mindy Stombler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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“BUDDIES” OR “SLUTTIES” The Collective Sexual Reputation of Fraternity Little Sisters
Gender & Society, 1994Co-Authors: Mindy StomblerAbstract:Fraternity little sister organizations are a relatively unexplored aspect of the contemporary college campus culture. This article examines the construction of the collective sexual reputation of Fraternity little sisters and how Fraternity little sisters interpret and resist it in an effort to maintain their individual sexual reputations. Further analysis shows how Fraternity men contribute to the collective sexual reputation and control women in little sister organizations by sexually objectifying and commodifying them, by sending them purposefully vague and conflicting messages about sexual expectations, and by sexually abusing them.
John E Schulenberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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how collegiate Fraternity and sorority involvement relates to substance use during young adulthood and substance use disorders in early midlife a national longitudinal study
Journal of Adolescent Health, 2018Co-Authors: Sean Esteban Mccabe, Philip Veliz, John E SchulenbergAbstract:Abstract Purpose To assess how social Fraternity involvement (i.e., membership and residence) in college relates to substance use behaviors and substance use disorder symptoms during young adulthood and early midlife in a national sample. Methods National multi-cohort probability samples of US high school seniors from the Monitoring the Future study were assessed at baseline (age 18) and followed longitudinally via self-administered surveys across seven follow-up waves to age 35. The longitudinal sample consisted of 7,019 males and 8,661 females, of which 10% of males and 10% of females were active members of fraternities or sororities during college. Results Male Fraternity members who lived in Fraternity houses during college had the highest levels of binge drinking and marijuana use relative to non-members and non-students in young adulthood that continued through age 35, controlling for adolescent sociodemographic and other characteristics. At age 35, 45% of the residential Fraternity members reported alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms reflecting mild to severe AUDs; their adjusted odds of experiencing AUD symptoms at age 35 were higher than all other college and noncollege groups except non-residential Fraternity members. Residential sorority members had higher odds of AUD symptoms at age 35 when compared with their noncollege female peers. Conclusions National longitudinal data confirm binge drinking and marijuana use are most prevalent among male Fraternity residents relative to non-members and non-students. The increased risk of substance-related consequences associated with Fraternity involvement was not developmentally limited to college and is associated with higher levels of long-term AUD symptoms during early midlife.
Ernest T Pascarella - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effects of Fraternity and sorority membership in the fourth year of college a detrimental or value added component of undergraduate education
Journal of College Student Development, 2015Co-Authors: Michael S Hevel, Dustin D Weeden, Georgianna L. Martin, Ernest T PascarellaAbstract:We use a longitudinal national dataset to explore the direct and conditional effects of Fraternity/sorority membership on students’ educational outcomes in the 4th year of college. Controlling for a variety of potentially confounding variables, including pretest measures of the outcomes, we find no direct effect of Fraternity/sorority membership on educational outcomes; however, we identify 5 conditional effects related to students’ entering academic abilities and their racial/ethnic identities. We conclude by discussing implications for practice and research.
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the conservative corner of the liberal academy Fraternity sorority membership politics and activism
Journal of student affairs research and practice, 2015Co-Authors: Michael S Hevel, Dustin D Weeden, Kira Pasquesi, Ernest T PascarellaAbstract:We use a longitudinal dataset to explore the effect of Fraternity/sorority membership on political orientation and social/political activism. After controlling for a variety of potentially confounding variables, including pretests on the dependent variables, Fraternity and sorority members were significantly less liberal that their unaffiliated peers after four years of college. There were no differences in social/political activism associated with Fraternity/sorority membership. We conclude by discussing implications for student affairs practice and future research.
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Do Fraternities and Sororities Inhibit Intercultural Competence
Journal of College Student Development, 2015Co-Authors: Georgianna L. Martin, Ernest T Pascarella, Gene Parker, Sally BlechschmidtAbstract:This study explored the impact of Fraternity and sorority affiliation on students’ development of intercultural competence over four years of college at 11 institutions. Prior research admonishes fraternities and sororities for being largely heterogeneous organizations that detract from institutional efforts to create a culturally competent student body. In the present study, Fraternity and sorority members did not differ from their unaffiliated peers on their development of intercultural competence during college. Implications for higher education and student affairs practice and intercultural competence among Fraternity/sorority communities is discussed.
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new evidence on the effects of Fraternity and sorority affiliation during the first year of college
Journal of College Student Development, 2011Co-Authors: Georgianna L. Martin, Michael S Hevel, Ashley M Asel, Ernest T PascarellaAbstract:We explored the effects of Fraternity and sorority membership on first-year students’ development across various liberal arts educational outcomes at 11 institutions. Although many educators perceive fraternities and sororities as anti-intellectual organizations, Fraternity and sorority members in this study did not differ from their unaffiliated peers on the educational outcomes explored.
Kaitlin M Boyle - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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social psychological processes that facilitate sexual assault within the Fraternity party subculture
Sociology Compass, 2015Co-Authors: Kaitlin M BoyleAbstract:Rape on the college campus has gained increasing amounts of attention in higher education, mainstream news, and public policy. The prevalence rates of rape are especially high among students who frequent campus parties, such as those hosted by fraternities. Researchers have described this increased risk by focusing on individual attitudes and behaviors of Fraternity members or on the organizational norms and practices within the Fraternity party subculture. To incorporate these studies into a single theoretical framework, this essay uses a social psychological approach to connect individual-level attitudes, (sub)culture, and behavior. I describe and apply identity theory and affect control theory, two structural symbolic interactionist theories, to explain why certain men are drawn to high-risk fraternities and how membership reinforces hostility toward and abuse of women. In doing so, I suggest several avenues for future research that would increase social psychological understanding of the heightened prevalence of sexual victimization within the Fraternity party subculture.
