Many students at the University of Virginia think banning sorority members from attending parties celebrating the end of fraternity recruitment this weekend could backfire on the national sorority organizations that issued the restriction.
In fact, some students suggest that the ban could even put students at risk, because sorority women trained in sexual assault prevention won’t be able to go to the bid night events. Fraternities could also host unregistered — and therefore largely unregulated — events at a later date instead.
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Tracey Vitters, chair of the nonprofit Students Active For Ending Rape, an advocacy organization against sexual violence and rape culture, criticized the message being sent by the ban.
“Really, the conversation should be less about telling women ‘Don’t go to this party,’ and more about the NPC reaching across the aisle to the fraternities and saying ‘You need to do better.'”
