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Sorority Stories - How Fraternities and Greek Life Lead to Sexual Assault and Rape. When Emma*, a senior at a Southeastern University, was a freshman, a fraternity member recorded one of her pledge sisters having drunken sex with a brother at a mixer and passed the video around his house. The pledge sister didn't discuss the incident with her, so Emma never learned whether the sex was consensual. But her sorority's reaction to the news was surprising: They complained behind the sister's back that she had damaged relations with a high- ranking fraternity, which suddenly didn't want to mix with them anymore. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below"I was like, I can't believe she would do this to us. We still wanted to hang out with them because they were a cool, cute fraternity," Emma recalls.

Now I can't believe I thought those words. The sororities inflict values on us, and it's really confusing, so we take it out on one another so we can keep partying." Why would a sorority turn on a member who may have been raped? The answer lies in a sisterhood that is much more complicated than outsiders realize.

Several years ago, I went undercover to investigate sororities for my book Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities. The reaction to exposing these popular, opaque groups was immediate and fierce. Some sorority chapters banned or boycotted the book; some members tried to publicly shame me online.

But for years afterward, my inbox was flooded with emotional thank- you notes from sisters and alumnae—so I decided to connect with the current generation of sorority women to update Pledged (the reissue comes out this month). And this new investigation uncovered something chilling: The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sorority system does contribute to campus rape culture. Sororities hold a powerful allure. When young women arrive on campus, the promise of friends, a fun social calendar, and a home base can be comforting.

Sororities can make a large campus feel smaller, giving students a sense of belonging. Many chapters teach leadership, plus organizational and professional skills, and encourage community service. And at some schools, Greek life dominates the social scene. But there's evidence that sorority members are sexually assaulted at a higher rate than nonmembers; a 2.

Violence Against Women study reported that sorority women at one university were four times more likely to be sexually assaulted than non- Greeks, and a 2. University of Oregon (UO) study found that nearly one in two sorority members on that campus were victims of nonconsensual sexual contact. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Sorority women at one university were four times more likely to be sexually assaulted than non- Greeks. It's also well documented that fraternity brothers are more likely to commit rape than non- Greeks.

After a Georgia Tech fraternity member's e- mail surfaced in 2. Oklahoma State University professor of higher education and student affairs John Foubert observed, "The 'rapebait' e- mail could have been sent from almost any fraternity at almost any American college." Foubert's 2.

Greek students. His research team reasoned that the fraternity experience caused students to be more likely to commit sexual assault. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. University of Oregon psychology professor Jennifer Freyd, who authored the UO study, says, "When we saw the magnitude of the rates, we were just blown away." Despite her findings and a task force chairwoman's conclusion that "fraternities are dangerous places for women," UO plans to expand the campus Greek system. There is high demand among students for increased opportunities in fraternity and sorority life," says University of Oregon spokesperson Rita Radostitz. We have worked on a number of ways to address the concerns around sexual violence.

This is nothing new. The issues around sexual violence on campus have been around for 3. Freyd says, "Fraternity people said horrible things about our research, but we didn't set out to get fraternities. We measured different variables, and this popped right out.

I thought the university would be as alarmed as we were, that they wouldn't knowingly expose people to such a thing. But they were completely resistant to halting the expansion. That's when I began to understand the power of the whole Greek system."Some alumnae sorority leaders maintain this power by silencing members who try to speak out. When Emma wrote a newspaper article about her sorority's confusing messages about sexual violence, her sorority's regional director removed her from her chapter officer position. They shamed me for writing it. The adviser said, 'This is going to follow you for the rest of your life,' " Emma says. After Kate, a senior in Virginia, told the media that sororities don't empower members to discuss sexual issues, her sorority's alumnae leaders threatened to put her chapter on probation if any members voiced their opinions again.

Dismayed, Kate deactivated this year. I joined the sorority to strengthen my network and because I thought it was supposed to give me a voice, not to be told that I can't speak out." ("National Panhellenics have a policy in terms of how requests from the media are handled.

We just want our message to be consistent and to be correct," says Jeanine Triplett, the NPC Student Safety and Sexual Assault Awareness task force chairman.)Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. What are sororities trying to hide? Many students told me that after joining their sorority to make friends, they were surprised that they instead were pressured to interact constantly with fraternities.

As soon as I joined, we were pushed to go to all these mixers," says Leah, a sophomore who transferred out of her Pennsylvania school to one without a Greek system. There was a mixer every night at the beginning of the semester, which was really overwhelming.

I wasn't used to going out on a Monday night. I wanted to connect with the girls in a way other than drinking with a fraternity."Brian Finke/Gallery Stock.

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Mixers (usually parties for one fraternity and one sorority) are often themed events. Various "bros and hos" themes are popular—Workout Bros and Yoga Hos, for example—but sorority members also told me about "no- pants parties" and "ABC (Anything But Clothes) parties" to which sisters wear bubble wrap, duct tape, or lingerie. At a series of themed parties at a North Carolina school, new sorority members were expected to help fraternities recruit brothers by dressing provocatively and getting the boys drunk, according to Jess, a 2.

Five days after Jess' pledge class joined the sorority, "The sophomores said, 'This is what you do, where you go, what you wear.' We were told to dress as some sort of prize or enticement to these men. I saw someone's dress off completely, people going off into rooms together.

It was definitely not a safe environment," she says. They had this mentality of, We have to impress these guys to increase the reputation of our chapter. Our entire introduction was wrapped up in how promiscuous you could [appear] in that setting." Four of Jess' close friends told her they were raped by fraternity members."People say there's not a push to drink or party, but once you join, that's basically all it is. Everyone pressures you to go instead of study."Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. At a chapter in Tennessee, at least three- quarters of sorority events involve drinking with fraternities, according to Sara, a sophomore. People say there's not a push to drink or party, but once you join, that's basically all it is.

Everyone pressures you to go instead of study." Inside the parties, "If you're sober, they give you a hard time," she continues. The sorority girls have been like, 'Just take a shot.' The guys will get really touchy, offer drinks. Watch American Zombie Online Hulu.

They got me to drink after they kept asking me for an hour.