"After Class, Skimpy Equality" Response

           Reading this article was very interesting, and has made me realize how much times have changed since our parents went to school. Nowadays, it seems normal for female college students to “dress to impress”. They slip on revealing clothing, short skirts, and whatever else they feel can show off their best assets. One of their goals is to catch attention of boys when they go out, and it usually works.  The ones who don’t dress to impress are usually in the minority, and sadly they don’t receive as much attention from their male classmates, especially the ones who are at the frat doors, selectively letting only certain people in.  Women are a big part of college life, especially when some frats demand a guy to have girls with him if he wants a shot at getting in.  Behavior like this makes a female junior at the University of Utah’s statement seem credible, when she says “It’s usually the guys who are throwing the social events and the girls are guests, so it gives them power over the girls.” This makes me wonder in some circumstances if girls are going after guys because they really like them, or if it’s because they’ll have a ticket in to their boyfriends frat every weekend.

            The Duke Halloween party invitation seemed offensive to much of the student population, but it appears that it wasn’t bad enough to keep girls from going.  This seems to suggest that language like this has become much looser on college campuses.  Because so many females attended, instead of feeling targeted, they must have seen it as a time to express themselves at the party.  The media was so concerned on targeting those who sent out the invitation for its inappropriate nature.  Yet, they failed to highlight how many of these females actually attended. 

            I’m sure that my current views will be much different in twenty years, perhaps when my own daughter is going to college.  I think that all of this has proven that college kids are using school as “the designated time to try new things and get stuff out of your system.”  And without any parents around, it seems like the ideal time to try something different.  Who knows how much will change in the next few decades, and what my generation will think of college students in the future?