Hummer, Robert and Patricia Yancey Martin. "Fraternities and Rape on Campus."
             Gender and Society December 1989: 457-473.
            
            
             The goal of this research was to "analyze the group
             and organization practices that create in fraternities an
             abusive social context for women (Hummer 1989).
             Hummer and Martin examined fraternity dynamics
             associated with a main focus on rape and sexual
             coercion of women in fraternities. The researchers
             work centers on a case study of an alleged gang rape at
             Florida State University. They claim fraternities are
             not only the physical context, but also the social and
             cultural context that encourages the sexual coercion of
             women. The research implicates that fraternities create
             an abusive social context for women
            
            
             The gang rape involved four men and one eighteen year old girl. When the
             victim was discovered her blood alcohol content was .349. She had crude words
             and symbols on her thighs. The group rape took place on the third floor of a
             fraternity house. Hummer and Martin collected data by speaking with law
             enforcement officials. They also analyzed newspaper articles, conducted
             open-ended interviews with judges, public attorneys and many people regarding
             the processing of sexual assault cases. The data that was collected showed that
             fraternity members are mainly concerned with their masculinity. The researchers
             portray fraternity members as being dominant, competitive, drinking alcohol and
             treating women as sexual objects. For some reason not all women seem to care,
             they even help attract new members to these fraternities. When new members see
             these women they think that if they are part of this fraternity that they will have
             sex with them. These women, are called the little sisters, they cant be too
             confident with themselves to get into positions dealing with fraternities. The
             strategy that researchers have discovered is the individual strategy; that includes
             gett...