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sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 01:54 PM Apr 2014

"Rapebait" Frat disbanded for promoting sexual violence. [View all]

After the email blew up the internet, Peterson offered a sincere-sounding mea culpa, saying that "rapebait" was a nickname his frat bros had given him and that joking about sexual assault is very, very wrong indeed. Georgia Tech put ?KT on probation. Lesson learned, right?

Not really. According to GT's Technique, Peterson and his ilk carried right on acting like toddlers pumped full of testosterone after the incident last October, and after an investigation, the school's administration concluded that Phi Kappa Tau engaged in a "pattern of sexual violence that…suggests a deep-rooted culture within the fraternity that is obscene, indecent and endangers women" in addition to providing alcohol to underaged members, like, constantly (in their defense, isn't that kind of what every frat does w/r/t alcohol?) Included in the school's investigation were actual minutes from fraternity meetings and emails circulated around the frat, which included beaucoup imbibing and joking references to drug and alcohol abuse and rape.

But there was also plenty of anti-woman stuff in Phi Kappa Tau's culture. Here, for example, are the lyrics to a song that pledges were made to sing both during pledge week and at the frat's Christmas party (which was the most depressing party in the world, probably). Georgia Tech got hold of these because the boy geniuses at Phi Kappa Tau sent all of this over email, thus leaving an easy to follow digital trail for school officials.


http://jezebel.com/infamous-rapebait-frat-disbanded-for-being-entirely-t-1558252895?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow


I'm not going to show the "jovial" rape songs they sang together,but it's seriously fucked up. Rape culture sucks.

TRIGGER WARNING:THERE ARE SONGS PERTAINING TO RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE ARTICLE.

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Expel the lot of those assholes. MineralMan Apr 2014 #1
That is a great idea. nt sufrommich Apr 2014 #2
Can the degrees of the graduates for the last ten years be rescinded? Half-Century Man Apr 2014 #26
I don't know if there's a mechanism that would allow that, MineralMan Apr 2014 #29
Any "good old boys" network is inherently flawed. Half-Century Man Apr 2014 #32
That sounds Dorian Gray Apr 2014 #27
Well, the national organization has pulled their charter. MineralMan Apr 2014 #30
Good first step Dorian Gray Apr 2014 #31
It's a good first step. But not enough. riqster Apr 2014 #3
My guess is that this is the schools way of sufrommich Apr 2014 #4
My take as well. riqster Apr 2014 #12
The song is some of the most disgusting filth I've ever read. CrispyQ Apr 2014 #5
That's way I didn't post them. sufrommich Apr 2014 #6
Precisely. These aren't bawdy or even nasty, off-color songs deutsey Apr 2014 #18
So sick. Only a deranged psychopath could have come up with that. cui bono Apr 2014 #20
Not only sing it,but go on to join that frat! nt sufrommich Apr 2014 #22
I would like to see the names of those frat boys listed online undeterred Apr 2014 #7
This. CrispyQ Apr 2014 #10
Sexual predators list? under Dishonorable mention. Half-Century Man Apr 2014 #28
I wonder how long till it's claimed that even this does not indicate rape culture... Ohio Joe Apr 2014 #8
I don't know,but I'm wondering if I should add sufrommich Apr 2014 #9
I think that would be a good idea... Ohio Joe Apr 2014 #11
I added a warning. nt sufrommich Apr 2014 #14
K&R Solly Mack Apr 2014 #13
Wow, those lyrics are far, far, FAR worse than I expected. arcane1 Apr 2014 #15
I know. I caution DUers to take the sufrommich Apr 2014 #17
I was expecting something raunchy and crude arcane1 Apr 2014 #19
DU Rec Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 #16
Good lord! I feel like I need a shower... a la izquierda Apr 2014 #21
While disbanding the frat is a good thing, what they really need to do is have mandatory cui bono Apr 2014 #23
Good to see universities are finally stepping up and revoking charters Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #24
Having been part of the greek system at my university, I can attest that nearly every fraternity Maedhros Apr 2014 #25
My daughter received a postcard about Greek exboyfil Apr 2014 #33
I have a hard time believing that every fraternity sufrommich Apr 2014 #34
I'm not proud of it, and deserve any lumps I take for it, Maedhros Apr 2014 #35
I hope things have changed since the 80s. Yeah, Reagan's sufrommich Apr 2014 #36
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