Frat Houses and the White “Old Boy Network”

Human beings are not born being racists, misogynists, or religious extremists. But they sure can learn. And the white male patriarchy has taken care to preserve a number of institutions that train young men to see themselves as superior and deserving of the privilege that they grant only to themselves. All-male private schools (particularly Christian ones) aside, consider the fraternity network.

How many times have you read about a rape/death/hazing at a university fraternity? That’s because it’s part of the “Lord of the Flies” culture: we are the kings…