USC's Kappa Sigma Under Fire For E-mail Calling Women "Targets"

The University of Southern California chapter of Kappa Sigma is facing an investigation after an offensive e-mail addressed to the members was made public.

The letter was designed to be the first in a weekly series called the Gullet Report, which aimed to "strengthen brotherhood and help pin-point sorostitues more inclined to put-out."

Here's a taste of the e-mail to whet your appetite for gutless sexism:

I have come to write this memo to you today to educate on the only life worth living, that of a Cocksman. A Cocksman is taught to live by the two most applicable principles I know: The Pie and the Gullet. You may already be lost in trying to comprehend this logic. Do not worry this is completely understandable. By the end of this memo, you will not only gain a greater understanding of what it means to live, but you will have embraced a lifestyle. However, in order for this to happen you first must know a couple key terms.

Note: I will refer to females as "targets". They aren't actual people like us men. Consequently, giving them a certain name or distinction is pointless.

Throughout the four-page e-mail, the self-identified "cocksman" expressed the opinion that women "aren't actual people like us men."

He also referred to unattractive women as "filth," told his fellows that "non-consent and rape are two different things," provided code names for women according to their ethnicity and warned readers not to have sex with "middle-eastern targets."

In a statement to the Daily Trojan, Kappa Sigma Fraternity's executive director Mitchell Wilson said the fraternity will work to scrub affiliation with the letter. "The content [of the e-mail] is contrary to everything [Kappa Sigma stands] for and we are not going to allow individuals to attempt to tarnish our name in any form or fashion," he said.

Wilson said that Kappa Sigma nationals are attempting to track the original source of the e-mail, and suspects the letter may be an attempt by another organization to sully Kappa Sigma's name.

If the author is a member of the fraternity he will face expulsion for his actions.

Check out Jezebel for the full e-mail. College Candy also has a good rundown. And let us know your reactions in the comments section.

Comments

[felinefred]

02:16 AM on 04/05/2011

It just seems a little over the top. I bet a man did NOT write it.

[thrugreeneyez]

11:50 AM on 03/14/2011

Very disturbing. This kind of hateful dehumanizing rhetoric is dangerous! I hope they find the culprits and that they receive appropriate punishment for this incredibly offensive e-mail.

[MissIndependentLady]

07:58 PM on 03/13/2011

Whoever wrote that e-mail has massive sexual issues. Most likely he's had bad experiences with women and he chose to lash out on them in this way. But you know what? This makes me wonder if he would ever be sexist to a woman's face. Hmmm...

[robXdion]

02:44 PM on 03/13/2011

What's amazing about this to me (besides the blatant hatred and disregard for women as humans) is the fact it came from a co-ed institution where men are around women daily. In the 90s, these type of sexist predilections where assumed of my all-male alma mater as if it was inherently like this. It wasn't true and no evidence ever proved it. It was just sexist projection and assumption. But THESE nasty dudes prove the rule and are beyond bounds. WOW!

[guitarguy22]

01:05 PM on 03/13/2011

Don't know why the moderator saw fit to delete my comment when I merely wanted to thank everyone on the board for focusing on the specific story and not Greek-bashing. What these Kappa Sigs did is reprehensible, but I'm glad people on HuffPo aren't spouting out the same overgeneralized stereotypes associated with Greeks. Nationals needs to put this charter on strict probation.

[minorprophet]

11:39 AM on 03/13/2011

What's sad is that this is what they spend their time on--not studying or community service. Those are what Greek organizations used to be about.

[DanSc]

01:41 AM on 03/13/2011

No one at USC liked Kappa Sig before this

[robodawa]

01:39 PM on 03/12/2011

USC - University of Spoiled Children.

[flashL1ght]

12:10 PM on 03/12/2011

If you had a daughter dating the guy who calls her a "target" in this memo, would you think this was all in good fun?

When I see something like this, I only see child-like insecurity that drives someone to a point where they have to perpetually put on the misogynist macho front to look like a real man so his friends will think he's tough.

[Parade Keegan]

03:29 AM on 03/12/2011

I've read this post and the comments. All "clubs" are filled IMO by like minded people centered around each individual club, thus are by definition discriminatory.

[stargazer13]

08:55 PM on 03/11/2011

pretty shallow if you ask me !!

very low intelligence on this persons part !!
leaning way forward in to psycho-path realms

[scmucas2001]

07:46 PM on 03/11/2011

News like this makes me glad I never pledged.

[Liz Preza]

06:16 PM on 03/11/2011

at least give them that the letter was well written. i laughed. hard.

[Hollywooddeed]

11:08 PM on 03/11/2011

Yeah, misogyny is hilarious.

[Laura Stevens]

10:20 PM on 03/28/2011

rape is also hilarious. (and yes, non consensual sex is rape in case you were confused)

[bigdaveh]

05:57 PM on 03/11/2011

University of Spoiled Children (old)
University of Serial Cheaters (perennial)
University of Social Cretins (ageless)
University of Social Challengers
University of Stupid Californians
University of Sexualized Criminals

[Vivicca Whitsett]

08:08 PM on 03/11/2011

those are good but my favorite: University of Surrounded Caucasions

[ZMike]

10:50 PM on 03/17/2011

I almost choked on the coffee in my USC mug while reading that. Good one.

And drfast...take a joke please. You don't want to add "University of Sensitive Crybabies" to their arsenal, do you?

[drfast]

09:36 AM on 03/12/2011

Wow...lots of SC hate. I'm sure that this is because you are jealous of all things Trojan! Don't worry we just take this kind adolescent fun in stride because WE ARE SC!!!

[Just a passerby]

06:40 PM on 03/12/2011

Bit of insecurity on your part, eh?

Otherwise you wouldn't find it necessary to write it.

[Blues02]

05:10 PM on 03/11/2011

I'm not sure which is worse, the email or the people justifying the email.