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Sweet Briar College confirmed this month that it will limit admission offers to women. This was the first such guarantee for women at the institution, which before 2024 had found no grounds for setting gender requirements to attend its obviously single-sex school.
Sweet Briar's board of directors explained that because its founder specifically directed the establishment of a college for “girls and young women” in her will, they had an obligation to interpret her directives as they were understood at the time they were written.
While this bold and truthful stance by the university predictably outraged gender ideology activists, its board can proudly say that it has remained true to its founder's wishes by faithfully following its governing documents.
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This is a common-sense approach that should be adopted throughout higher education. Spaces created for women should remain for women. Unfortunately, sorority members across the United States are learning that this is no longer the case.
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In fact, my own group, Kappa Kappa Gamma, not only allows men to invade our intimate spaces and destroy our sisterhood, but also accepts it, even demands it, against the wishes of the women in our sorority.
In 2022, I was a sophomore at the University of Wyoming and an active member of “Kappa” when my friends and I discovered that a man, Artemis Langford, had received an invitation to join our sorority. This offer, issued despite overwhelming opposition from the majority of our chapter, was offered at the behest of our national headquarters, which was obsessed with further diversifying our membership.
This was heartbreaking news, as we had joined Kappa believing it was an organization for women, not simply for anyone who claimed to be one. Not only would we be forced to acknowledge this man as our “sister,” but this individual would also be participating in residential activities, such as sleepovers, at our sorority house.
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This meant sharing more than just our rituals and traditions with a man. It also included sharing bathrooms and bedrooms. For almost all of us, this quickly went from something deeply worrying to something that made us feel downright unsafe.
This is not what the founders of Kappa Kappa Gamma envisioned for our beloved sorority. When it was founded in 1870, women were not welcome in men's organizations or on most college campuses. These female leaders hoped to form networks that would address women's need for community as they strived for success in a “man's world” filled with fraternities, secret societies, and country clubs.
Sororities, including Kappa Kappa Gamma, are a traditional way for women to build meaningful relationships, advance their academic careers, promote worthwhile charities, and foster their leadership skills. Sororities go on to become doctors, lawyers, scientists, teachers, entrepreneurs, writers, U.S. Supreme Court justices, and even presidential candidates for their political party. Most importantly, they become the women our society needs them to be as friends, family members, colleagues, and citizens.
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These benefits come because sororities are exclusively female. Research shows that women benefit greatly from single-sex environments, such as sororities and women's colleges, where women are free to be themselves in a safe and stimulating environment. Here, women can “dream boldly and live fully.” This is the promise that Kappa Kappa Gamma makes to women.
The unfortunate reality, however, is that, like most of the other 26 sororities aligned with the National Panhellenic Conference, Kappa has unilaterally adopted so-called “anti-discrimination” policies that allow anyone who simply identifies as a woman to join these women’s groups.
When members raised concerns with national sorority leaders about this unthinkable departure from our rules, they condemned us as threats to the social progress they hoped to achieve. Instead, Kappa leaders indicated they would ignore their contractual obligations to us and their bylaws to remake our 152-year-old sorority as they desired.
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When we had no other choice, we began to seek legal remedies to correct the course of the sorority we love. Alumnae and students, including myself, sued Kappa Kappa Gamma for failing to uphold its mandate to abide by our founding documents and bylaws, as Sweet Briar College, and claiming that our organization is intended exclusively for women.
These students and alumnae have spoken out at great personal cost. Even though we have the silent support of our peers, we have been effectively exiled by our sisterhood.
Exhausted by this unbearable experience, I transferred to another university. One fellow complainant left her leadership position in the sorority. Another dropped out of the university altogether. Former students who dared to speak out have been expelled. Still, we will not give up.
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Our resolve is strengthened when we see leaders like those at Sweet Briar who, even in the face of irrational and unjust opposition from gender ideologues, have persevered for the good of us all. They have shown that the desires of women from centuries past to create opportunities for women today must still take priority over radical activists seeking self-satisfaction from embracing an alternative reality.
Now, more than ever, those who value the spaces reserved for women and girls – in schools, on sports teams, in the workplace – must firmly oppose those who seek to undo the real progress made towards true equality for women. The opportunities for future generations of women depend on it.
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