We don't need fraternities. Swarthmore was right to shut their's down | Jill Filipovic

Fraternities are pernicious forces for too many of the young men who join them, and for even more of the young women who walk through their doors

Here’s a line you don’t read very often: after evidence of truly egregious misogyny and bigotry was leaked to the public, two fraternities have decided to voluntarily disband.

The news comes out of Swarthmore, a liberal arts college in Pennsylvania. Internal documents from the Phi Psi fraternity, which were penned between 2010 and 2016, detailed a so-called “rape attic” at the fraternity, and included explicit and degrading details of sexual interactions with women. In response, several Swarthmore students staged a sit-in at Phi Psi, demanding that the university revoke their lease.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Lncvqq