卫斯理大学：对兄弟会是歧视还是宽容?

　　邦海外讯 美国卫斯理大学规定其兄弟会必须接受女会员，对此兄弟会成员提出申诉，称那是校方的一种歧视行为。具体过程请看下文!

After a series of scandals at fraternities on campus, officials at Wesleyan University in Connecticut ordered frats to admit women as members — or shut down.

　　鉴于卫斯理大学兄弟会的一系列校园丑闻，该校管理者命令兄弟会成员允许女生的加入，否则就将其关闭。

　　At Wesleyan, Delta Kappa Epsilon is fighting back. They’re saying the mandate is sexual discrimination, from a university that promotes tolerance. The local chapter and its alumni organization sued the Wesleyan administration.

　　卫斯理大学学生Delta Kappa Epsilon正对此项规定做出反击，声称它是性别歧视的表现，而这不应该是一个提倡宽容的学校做的事情。同时其校友组织对卫斯理行政部门提出了诉讼。

　　At the heart of their complaint is the contention that Wesleyan not only tolerates but welcomes housing based on specific interests. Students are required to live on campus all four years and can choose single-sex dorms or special-interest housing, including the “Women of Color House,” the “Light House” for Christian students, “Turath House” for Muslim, Arab and Middle Eastern students, and the “Open House,” which describes itself as a “safe space for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, Flexural, Asexual, [We can't print this one!], Polyamorous, Bondage/Disciple, Dominance/ Submission, Sadism/Masochism (LGBTTQQFAGPBDSM) communities.”

　　兄弟会成员的中心论点是：“学校原本就容忍一些特殊的兴趣，学生可以选择住在男生宿舍、女生宿舍，或者一些特殊宿舍，比如基督教徒宿舍等带有宗教色彩的地方，还有像同性恋、双性恋、变性人、多角恋等重口味的宿舍。”

　　School officials have said they gave fraternities ample time to make changes but that Greek leadership was resistant. Fraternity leaders said their efforts to adapt were brushed aside and that they were blindsided by a new, fast-tracked timetable to go co-ed.

　　学校官员说他们给了兄弟会充足的时间来改变，但其领导者一直抗拒。兄弟会领导者则说他们的努力学校都置之不理，就这样突然地要求自己处在一个男女生都有的环境中。

　　Will Croughan, a brother at DKE, writes about why the fraternity is suing:

　　“Upon choosing to attend Wesleyan, I was excited to be playing football. I was happy that it was only an hour and a half from home. I thought I was attending a school that practiced tolerance of varying interests and beliefs.

　　Unfortunately, as a member of a fraternity, I have found that this isn’t exactly the case.

　　I will admit: I am white. I am male. I was born in Westchester County, N.Y. People may call that privileged if they’d like.

　　The argument for coeducation of all-male fraternities is one with many faces. At first, it was suggested that fraternities promote sexual assault. Yet the university’s own safety report states that 13 out of 15 forced sexual assaults in 2013 occurred in the university’s own co-ed dorms.

　　兄弟会成员Will Croughan指出：“在选择卫斯理大学的时候，我本以为自己会来到一个容忍各种兴趣和信仰的学校，但我发现事实不是这样。我承认自己是男生，是白人，但因这样就被称作“占了优势”，随便!让兄弟会接受女会员这件事是需要再商量的。首先，学校官员说兄弟会提倡性侵犯，但学校2013年有十五分之十三的性侵案件都是在男女同住的宿舍中发生的。”

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