I love heels, and getting all dolled up like you do for rush, but I also have a tom-boy side. I wear a sideways hat and board shorts when I go ride my longboard.
After rush I remember seeing the older hot girls who wanted me to join when I wasn't dolled up, and I got treated a lot differently! Funny actually, I saw one of these girls once when I had to run in a store and get some beer to go float. I didnt have any shoes on and I looked like a TOTAL scrubb (we were on our way to the river!!). She had the most awkward and surprised look on her face when I said hi to her and her friends.... and I thought she liked me sooooo much???
I will agree with the ideas that fraternities and sororities have underlying pressures that enforce gender stereotypes. I felt like some of the girls in the sorority held everyone to these stereotypes of us having to be girly and pretty all the time.
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People join these organizations because its suppose to reflect individuals with similar ideas and interest as yours. When you werent dolled up, you obviously didnt reflect what they valued. Its not a bad thing, but thats what its all about and if you dont want to conform then maybe the organization isnt for you. I also think it goes even further than just the organization. Women are taught to be dolled up from an early age and if you dont your not lady like.
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