Sororities provide opportunities for sisterhood through intimate friendships, loyalty, trust, and emotional and physical affection. However, they can also encourage conformity, dependence on men, and exclusion from some activities typically associated with empowerment like sports or protest movements. While sororities nurture caring bonds, they may also involve backstabbing, cliques, and dishonesty between members.

1. Sisterhood
Stronger
Tougher
Accept second class status
Intimate
Caring
Warmer
Accepting
Open
Friendship
Loyalty
Love
Physical affection
Express emotions
Talk openly about feelings
Motherhood
Nurturing
Sincere Bond
Trust
Love
Back-stabbing
Cliquey
Bitchy
Dishonest
Fake
Girls’ night out
Spas
Brunch and mimosas
Shopping
Makeup (Sephora)
Stand in long lines
Should conform to expectations
Sorority: only one option for sororities
Dependent on men
Don’t stand on their own
Always go to the bathroom in groups
Sports teams (but excluded from some)
Protest groups (Women’s March)
Me Too Movement
Mothers Against Drunk Driving