The University of Missouri is considering banning women from fraternity houses past 10 P.M. on so-called “high risk” nights — because these adult women are apparently too stupid to decide where to spend their time once it gets dark out.
The ban is just one suggestion listed on a draft of proposed regulations developed by the school’s Fraternity Alumni Consortium and Office of Greek Life, a body of fraternity alumni formed in 2009 to advise Missouri’s administration on matters related to Greek life. The draft was obtained through an open records request filed by the Maneater, the school’s student newspaper.
“Women would not be allowed in fraternity houses between the hours of 10 P.M. and 3 A.M. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights as well as everyday during syllabus week and stop day each semester,” the document states.
Since the document’s release, it has faced intense criticism — even prompting the school’s Panhellenic Association to write a letter to Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin (who will consider the proposals later this month) expressing its disapproval:
“This policy lends itself to the notion that women cannot make choices for themselves about their own safety,” the letter states.
The policy is a clear example of the trend toward treating women like children that’s sweeping campuses nationwide. A post on the blog Total Frat Move claims that it also makes little logical sense, given the fact that none of the sexual assaults listed on the University of Missouri Police Department Clery Release page occurred at a fraternity house.
#related#The proposal is dated April 8 and is subject to change, according to consortium spokesman Ted Hellman. It will be discussed at a summit between its creators, Greek students, and Chancellor Loftin on June 20 — a time when most students will not be on campus, as Total Frat Move points out.
“Our goal is for these policies and procedures to be implemented and operating at the start of the Fall 2015 Semester,” the document states.
Hellman also told the Maneater that another one of the document’s particularly idiotic suggestions — mandatory drug testing for all fraternity and sorority members — has since been dropped from the draft.
— Katherine Timpf is a reporter for National Review.