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Abstract
Research on fraternity men focuses almost exclusively on problematic behaviors such as homophobia and sexism, alcohol abuse, violence against women, sexual promiscuity, and the overrepresentation of members among campus judicial offenders. Consequently, little is known about those who perform masculinities in healthy and productive ways. Presented in this article are findings from a qualitative study of productive masculinities and behaviors among 50 undergraduate fraternity men from 44 chapters across the US and Canada. Findings offer insights into participants’ steadfast commitments to the fraternity’s espoused values; their acceptance and appreciation of members from a range of diverse backgrounds; strategies they employed to address bad behaviors (including sexism, racism, and homophobia) among chapter brothers; and the conditions that enabled them to behave in ways that contradict stereotypes concerning men in collegiate fraternities.
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1. Founded in 1909, the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) is an association representing 75 men’s fraternities with approximately 5500 chapters located on 800+ campuses in the US and Canada with approximately 350,000 undergraduate members.
2. The Interfraternity Council (IFC) on most campuses comprises the predominantly white men’s social fraternities.
3. The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is the umbrella organization for the nine historically black national sororities and fraternities.
4. Bogle (Citation2008) notes that “hooking up” is not limited to casual sex or vaginal/anal intercourse, but also includes oral sex and masturbation.