This past summer I read, "Pledged: the Secret Life of Sororities", by Alexandra Robbins. In this book Robbins goes undercover for a year observing four sophomores who are each in a different sorority. Robbins describes what goes on behind the doors to the mysterious Greek house. Most sorority girls do have some sort of an eating disorder, because of the pressure put on them to be skinny. For some houses it was not uncommon for …
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…honors ourselves. Robbins wants the girls that plan on rushing (a selection process for all sororities) in the spring, that there is another option than doing exactly what other people say and that you should do what feels right. Robbins's book depicts the life of four sorority girls, both the good and bad in hopes that freshman will have the courage to say and do what they believe, and not be susceptible to peer pressure.