Greek houses are just an extension of high school cliques, except now they are housed together and completely unsupervised.
Let’s be honest the main purpose of most Greek houses is to party. Not all frats/sororities are created equal either, each school has its own hierarchy. I can believe that a large number of campus rapes occur in the frats.
I think Greek houses are for people who are afraid to be alone, chalk it up to immaturity or insecurity(that’s why some function like centers for a$$holes in training), or party animals who don’t take academics too seriously, unless they are in an engineering frat/sorority…even eggheads need to feel belong, they’re people too.
I’ve heard stories about kids in frats who are drunk by 10am on game day, kids who had to drop out of pre-med or engineering because of all the partying. Any kid who’s serious about a medical/STEM career should definitely think twice about joining one. But for those who intend to go into finance or business, joining a fraternity/sorority could help advance your career down the road.
Read the book “Paying for the Party” by Elizabeth Armstrong about a group of sororities girls at Big State U (I read it’s supposed to be Indiana University - Bloomington). Quite interesting.