Gay frat initiation

In the early s, I tried to join a frat at Georgia State University. No, I won’t say which one. That’s not the point of this story. It was the week before pledges get initiated – popularly known as “Hell Week” – and I was nervous. You lasted through Hell Week or you didn’t make the cut. After two weeks of tryouts, we had finally made the grade, and this was our reward: An afternoon of embarrassing hazing activities, followed by a homoerotic climax that seemed to have come straight.

Being in a fraternity was one of the best experiences of my life. I was openly gay in the frat and wanted to share what it was like for me give other guys out there some advice. The out gay Pledges and Brothers our House has Initiated in the last five years have been without exception masculine in mannerisms, conservative in dress, and aligned with the culture and temperament of the House.

These men are able to gain the promise of fraternity life—friendship, valuable leadership skills, and a positive self-esteem without the hostility and hatred often present toward gay and bisexual men in a traditional fraternity. Tuesday night, Jane Ward of the University of California, Riverside had over people close their eyes to imagine sorority sisters pouring chocolate syrup on one another and demanding the new pledges to lick it off everyone else.

At the talk, Ward discussed the homosexual contact between straight white males as a part of hazing rituals and how it affects their heteromasculinity. Heteromasculinity is the social and cultural pressure that in order to conform and to reaffirm their masculinity, males must fit a certain physical and sexual mold.

Many people unaffiliated with NYU attended this lecture, and the audience comprised people ranging from curious freshmen to professionals. CAS senior Sophia Chen said this topic was very pertinent to her since her senior thesis regards ography and its authenticity. Gallatin junior Don McCaffrey bought her book when it was released and was excited to hear her speak, since he found her perspective as a professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies fascinating.

Throughout the talk and even during the question and answer session, Ward tried to keep the mood light with heavy topics, because she finds sex a funny subject.

In the mids, the fraternity

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