Article here. Excerpt:
'The horrifying part of it all is that, for the most part, fraternity members are allowed to get away with their absurd behavior, with people taking a “boys will be boys” approach to the whole thing while turning a blind eye to the darker assault-driven side of their behavior. People treat the rumors of frat house rape as just that; rumors that shouldn’t really be given much credence.
Rape is very much a part of college life, though, no matter how much we want to ignore it. Studies suggest as many as one in four college-age women are the victims of rape. A full 10% of these rapes are believed to have taken place in fraternity houses. As is typical with rape, however, very little of it gets reported, possibly as low as 10%, and in even fewer cases the perpetrator is ever brought to justice.
An important question following that setup is where do you draw the line? Even if you shutter every fraternity house across every college campus in the country, you still can’t stop groups of men from living together. Are fraternities themselves responsible for these higher rape numbers, or is this the ugly product of what happens when large groups of college age men are allowed to congregate with few rules or accountability for their actions?'
