I suspect the "panty raid" itself is just a strawman. That kind of shit wouldn't fly in college when I was there and I've never met anyone who either participated in one or was victimized by it.
Like it was depicted in some teen comedy college movies and suddenly gained a reputation for being real, like color-coded slap bracelet sex parties and other urban legends.
It is one of those things that people talk about but I've never actually heard someone say firsthand they did. Probably happened a few times in the early days of women going to men's colleges (I mean like 100 years ago) and got overblown by comedies, after which real students reenacted exactly what they saw in the movie.
Even when they did happen, it was fraternity/sorority shenanigans. Unless your field needs those connections, just don't become a frat boy/sorority girl. Or do, it's not risking lasting harm like walking alone drunk at 03:00 in nightclub clothes.
To be fair, there’s no moral perspective from which to argue in favor of panty raids.
I suspect the "panty raid" itself is just a strawman. That kind of shit wouldn't fly in college when I was there and I've never met anyone who either participated in one or was victimized by it.
Like it was depicted in some teen comedy college movies and suddenly gained a reputation for being real, like color-coded slap bracelet sex parties and other urban legends.
It is one of those things that people talk about but I've never actually heard someone say firsthand they did. Probably happened a few times in the early days of women going to men's colleges (I mean like 100 years ago) and got overblown by comedies, after which real students reenacted exactly what they saw in the movie.
It definitely did happen. Just decades before your (or indeed my) experience…
Perhaps not like in the movies, sure, but that doesn’t mean they did not happen…
Even when they did happen, it was fraternity/sorority shenanigans. Unless your field needs those connections, just don't become a frat boy/sorority girl. Or do, it's not risking lasting harm like walking alone drunk at 03:00 in nightclub clothes.
Eh, I think there’s a lot worse things to happen at college, such as hazing…
I really don’t see panty raids as that terrible, for the most part. Pretty harmless in most (though not all) cases.
So… Not sure I fully agree, tbh.
I’m not arguing it was some “moral good”, but I also entirely disagree that they were some terrible thing, as this article is making out.
Let (college age) kids be kids, tbh. 🤷🏻♂️