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Evidently an armature is an electronic doo-hickey. Hat tip to Old Cracker. It was supposed to be amateur but I clicked the wrong choice on spell check.

I can't speak to the South as I'm from California. I can say that the folks I met from our chapters in the South were good guys and those of my brothers who made pilgrimages to the South didn;t observe the behavior you describe. who knows, maybe everyone was on their best behavior for the yokels from California.

I used to live in MS for way too long. My opinion is that Ole MS greeks have been the downfall of that state. I had so many totally incompetent lawyers and CPAs that got their positions because of frat connections. Then those guys run for office...
I know plenty of great greeks, but I think there is something just weird about a system that teaches getting along with other men as its core.
And the women! God grief. The wrecked young ladies I've seen who didn't get into the "right" sororities, with their parents pushing them as if that were the pinnacle of their purpose. Ugh!
I think some of this is dying out, but I've had to deal with it for 30 years as an employer of young graduates and a contractor for professional services.
It has been my experience that (Southern) frat boys make terrible employees. They think they should be given some inexplicable special priveleges. And some of them are really surprised when they are fired for coming in late after an obvious bender.