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FRATERNITIES AND COLLEGIATE RAPE CULTURE

Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women?

Lehigh University

JOAN Z. SPADE

Lehigh University

Social interactions at fraternities that undergraduate women identified as places where there is a high risk of rape are compared to those at fraternities identified as low risk as well as two local bars. Factors that contribute to rape are common on this campus; however, both men and women behaved differently in different settings. Implications of these findings are considered.

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