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340 - The Skull and Bones aka The Brotherhood of Death

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Skull & Bones - A Frat House

For the majority of its history, Skull & Bones was considered a male wasp stronghold. The club has initiated Jewish people since the thirties, black and LGBTQ people since the sixties but only in token numbers until more recent years. While there are plenty of women in the club now, the power of this club and other Ivy League secret societies seems to have waned. One out of three respondents said they found the society system less relevant to the social scene than they originally thought.

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