Frat Boys: Inside America's Fraternities Page #4

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I was, like, I really don't need

these any more. The girl's don't

like them.

I got nail clippers and I

just took them all off.

Everyone saw the change. Like, "Oh,

sh*t. That's actually pretty cool."

I got a confidence boost in that.

Try not to rock a little bit.

I talked to Frank. I'm, like, yeah,

I need to get a little bit bigger.

Everyone's getting on me for my

concave chest, so...let's start

going to work out.

Before he looked like his chest

was indented,

so now you can tell it's opening up

a little bit more...

I see some growth. One more set and

then we'll get into it. Control it,

there we go.

'We don't want to be the goofy

fraternity, we want to be the

good-looking fraternity, I guess.'

Which is mad, like, shallow of me,

but...

Whatever, it's like a shallow

organisation. F*** it.

Do you know what I mean? It is what

it is. What do you mean by "it's a

shallow organisation"?

I mean, through appearance, through

sororities and fraternities. If a

girl doesn't find you attractive,

she's not going to give you the time

of day. And if she finds one of my

brothers unattractive,

she's going to classify all of us

unattractive individuals.

As a brother, you look cooler,

that you get a lot of girls, that

you can talk to a lot of girls.

But, like, me personally, like,

I'm not the type of guy

that is going to bring home ten

different girls in one month.

No, I'm probably only going to do

two or three girls, because that's

the way I am.

Looking good, man. Mm?

See that? See that?

See that, see that? Ooh!

Being able to talk to girls, it

increases sorority relations.

Exactly.

The better we are with sororities,

the more girls will come round.

Let me see.

Do you want to play ball?

SHE LAUGHS:

All right, Jen, you're up.

Am I playing? Do I have do go from,

like, a certain...

Hooking up with sororities is

crucial to being a successful

fraternity.

Oh, that's good!

I think sororities are the best

people ever.

Do an impression. Do an impression.

IN GIRLIE VOICE:
Are you going out

tonight?

Jen is a sister in Zeta Tau Alpha.

Sorority girls are actually rude

girls. I mean, that's slightly

accurate.

A sorority with close relations

to the Gazoni Family.

'When you're in a fraternity, like,

want the older brothers to think

you're cool.

'You want to be accepted.'

If a guy gets with a girl in a

sorority and she's really hot,

or she's in a good sorority,

it definitely looks good on them.

Girls love us! Every girl loves us.

If they hear you're a Gazoni,

they're going to love you.

Getting girls, it's probably,

like, the number one thing

on their priority list sometimes.

It's numbers with guys, for sure.

Like, "Oh, how many girls have you

had sex with?"

"Oh, 30!" Ugh, gross.

Yeah. Ugh. Some guys are really

gross, too.

Like, ugh, God.

A fraternity at Duke University is

suspended this morning.

It stems from rape allegations

at an Alpha Delta Phi fraternity

party earlier this month.

The school president took that

action over the weekend

after a female student's graphic

account of being gang raped

at a university fraternity house.

This is the Sigma Alpha Epsilon

house here behind me.

The suspects in this case are being

held without bail tonight.

They're charged with first

and second degree rape.

Greek life is currently at the

centre of a national controversy

about rape on campus.

Marissa is in her final

year at college.

She has witnessed first hand how

the set-up between fraternities

and sororities can leave female

students vulnerable.

MUSIC PLAYS:

That's, like, if you look up

fraternity in the dictionary and

it's that.

I think fraternity and sorority

Greek life is just

the personification of patriarchy.

Like, they're totally in the

position of power in these

situations.

They're setting up the parties,

they're in control of alcohol,

they're in control of the set-up.

Like, it's at that their house.

It's their stomping ground,

Like, they're so much in control

and, like,

they want to feel masculine,

they want to hook up with girls.

They want to party, they want to

feel cool and there's honestly,

like, a pressure.

Like, there's a time in the night

where you see the switch in the

party.

I've had guys try to dance with me,

I tell them no and they just won't

leave me alone

and I've had to, like, scream in

their face and tell them to leave me

alone.

It's, like, I shouldn't have to do

that. Like, I shouldn't feel so

uncomfortable

and I shouldn't have to, like, tell

someone no multiple times to not

touch me.

It's crazy.

Two years ago, Marissa went to a

frat party where events spiralled

out of her control.

I had a beer and then the next thing

I know I, like, don't remember

anything.

Like, just such a clear blackout

that I've never experienced before.

Especially, like, for how little I

drank and then how fast it happened.

And then I woke up and I was at an

apartment, not at the fraternity

house any more.

I, like, woke up in this bed

with no clothes on

and I had no idea where I was

and I was so scared.

I had some bruises on my arms.

It looked like I was grabbed

and I had some on my legs, too.

So, I obviously knew something

happened and that was really hard

and so I just wanted to go home and

shower and just forget about it.

At most American universities,

allegations of rape and sexual

assault

are initially dealt with

by the college itself.

But Marissa didn't report what

happened to her.

There's just not a proper system in

place that women feel comfortable

reporting it

and feel confident that they're

going to have their case dealt with

properly.

Because I can't even name one person

that has successfully gone through

every step of the process and gotten

their assailant expelled or

suspended.

Not one person.

This is the counselling

centre right here.

So we pass through fraternities

coming here.

So, and there's more on

the other side.

No matter what angle you're coming

from, you could walk by

where you were raped in order

to get help.

Many American universities

are private institutions

and rely on donations.

It's estimated that 75% of donations

come from former Greek members.

I think that the schools have a

motive to want to sweep

fraternity sexual violence

under the rug

and not necessarily expose

it and root it out.

Schools benefit a lot from having

fraternities on their campus in

many ways.

Financially, in recruiting and

admissions, and access to alumni.

The university wants to keep it

within the school

and keep it more of a student

affairs issue.

"Oh, this just happened. Let's talk

it out and figure it out." Like, no.

This is a violent crime and

it needs to be treated that way.

Most people will call

the counselling centre.

Call up the sexual assault helpline,

but they rarely get to that point

where they file criminal charges.

Just because every school has to,

like, release the amount of sexual

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