“Brunch So Hard:“ Liquid Bonding and Unspoken Rules of Feminine Hegemony Through Alcohol Use Among National Panhellenic Conference Sorority Women

Authors

Pietro A. Sasso, Stephen F. Austin State University
Stacy Rowan, University of Alabama at Birmingham
C. Kelsey Ryan, University of Memphis

Publication Date

5-8-2023

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25774/py93-ha65

First Page

1

Last Page

22

Abstract

This qualitative study used a descriptive psychological phenomenological method with a poststructural feminist lens to better understand experiences of National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sorority women with fraternity men and alcohol use. Findings suggest that members were unapologetic about their purveyance of alcohol-related behaviors. They used empowering feminist discourses to describe the ways in which they bonded through alcohol use and to differentiate themselves as sorority women. Chapter leadership often used alcohol to construct a system of gendered hegemony which heavily indoctrinated new members. These experiences are nuanced for NPC women who differently experienced alcohol use as a gendered instrument to transmit feminine norms and expectations. Salient study findings offer implications for practice about alcohol misuse and wellness related to supporting identity development and power relationships with fraternity men.

Recommended Citation

Sasso, Pietro A.; Rowan, Stacy; and Ryan, C. Kelsey (2023) "“Brunch So Hard:“ Liquid Bonding and Unspoken Rules of Feminine Hegemony Through Alcohol Use Among National Panhellenic Conference Sorority Women," Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice: Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25774/py93-ha65
Available at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/oracle/vol18/iss1/5