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Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men
Fraternity An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men Author:Alexandra Robbins The New York Times bestselling author of Pledged is back with an unprecedented fly-on-the-wall look inside fraternity houses from current brothers? perspectives?and a fresh, riveting must-read about what it?s like to be a college guy today. — — Two real-life stories. One stunning twist. Meet Jake, a studious freshman weighing how far to go to fi... more »nd a brotherhood that will introduce him to lifelong friends and help conquer his social awkwardness; and Oliver, a hardworking chapter president trying to keep his misunderstood fraternity out of trouble despite multiple run-ins with the police.
Their year-in-the-life stories help explain why students are joining fraternities in record numbers despite scandalous headlines. To find out what it?s like to be a fraternity brother in the twenty-first century, Robbins contacted hundreds of brothers whose chapters don?t make headlines?and who suggested that many fraternities can be healthy safe spaces for men.
Fraternity is more than just a page-turning, character-driven read. It?s a vital book about the transition from boyhood to manhood; it brilliantly weaves psychology, current events, neuroscience, and interviews to explore the state of masculinity today, and what that means for students and their parents. It?s a different kind of story about college boys, a story in which they candidly discuss sex, friendship, social media, drinking, peer pressure, gender roles, and even porn. And it?s a book about boys at a vulnerable age, living on their own for perhaps the first time. Boys who, in a climate that can stigmatize them merely for being male, don?t necessarily want to navigate the complicated, coming-of-age journey to manhood alone.« less