Do people really understand the secrets behind the Greek community? There are many pressures that girls face that the public doesn't know about, and which are especially evident in sororities. Alexandra Robbins, author of the book Pledged: The Secret Lives of Sororities, went undercover and followed four different girls through their experiences within the Greek system. While there are many challenges girls can face in sororities, the five most prevalent types of pressure include: having a perfect body image, substance abuse, stress, silence, and hazing. One of the many forms of dangerous pressures girls face because of their sorority membership is body image. Being a member of an organization with typically 100 women opens the door to pressure to conform to a certain ideal appearance. Forms of hazing often included activities that shattered girls' self-confidence. “During the circle the fat pledges undress and, one by one, stand in front of all the members of the brotherhood. The sisters (or, in some chapters, fraternity brothers) then use thick black markers to circle fat or cellulite on the pledges' bodies... For many fraternities, thinness, as the pledges discover, is a priority” ( Robbins 259) . These types of activities are not uncommon for sororities. From the first day of the promise, the idea of ​​having a perfect body is obsessed. Even girls with healthy and fit bodies are equally criticized for the sake of upper class men to tear them down, so they can build them up as they wish. It's manipulative and confusing. The pressure to be accepted by the fraternity was a common consequence of prioritizing perfection, which could also lead to eating disorders. A study was conducted and it was found that “the most consistent finding was… middle of the paper… Why should people stand there and let these pressures shape the lives of young women? Works CitedButterfield, Sam. “New Study Finds Sororities Have a Negative Impact on Body Image.” The daily Collegiano. The Daily Collegian, March 11, 2010. Web. Feb. 17, 2014. Hansen, B. (2004, Jan. 9). Hazing. CQ Researcher, 14, 1-24. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/Mantel, B. (2006, August 18). Drinking on campus. CQ Researcher, 16, 649-672. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/Robbins, Alexandra. Committed: The Secret Life of Sororities. New York: Hyperion, 2004. Print.Scrivo, K. (1998, March 20). Drinking on campus. CQ Researcher, 8, 241-264. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/Worsnop, R.L. (1997, March 14). Alcohol advertising. CQ Researcher, 7, 217-240. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/