White Girl Wasted: Gender Performativity of Sexuality with Alcohol in National Panhellenic Conference Sorority Women

Authors

Pietro A. Sasso, Delaware State UniversityFollow
Amber Manning-OuelletteFollow
Kim E. Bullington, Old Dominion UniversityFollow
Shelley Price-WilliamsFollow

Abstract

This narrative qualitative study explored how sorority members negotiated their identities within systems of hegemony with their student communities. Sorority members used women’s empowerment discourse to rationalize how they consumed alcohol, engaged in frequent consensual sexual relationships, and navigated relationships with fraternity men and across their campus sorority/fraternity communities. Implications for practice included harm reduction, sex education, and supportive policies.

First Page

32

Last Page

61

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Recommended Citation

Sasso, P. A., Manning-Ouellette, A., Bullington, K. E., & Price-Williams, S. (2024). White girl wasted: Gender performativity of sexuality with alcohol in national panhellenic conference sorority women. Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 40(1), 32-61. https://doi.org/10.20429/gcpa.2024.400102