Oct 11, 2013 02:03 PM EDT By Russell Westerholm, UniversityHerald Reporter

The author of the highly offensive email to Georgia Tech University's chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity has issued a formal apology.

The author has remained anonymous, although his apology email, published Thursday by Georgia Tech publication Technique, was signed simply as "Matthew."

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Total Frat Move posted the original email, which was titled "Luring Your Rapebait" and acted as a guide for fraternity brothers to pick up women at parties. The author was confirmed to be a member of the fraternity chapter himself and the Georgia Tech chapter leadership confirmed he had been suspended.

"I am deeply sorry for the pain and embarrassment my actions and lack of judgment have caused the students at Georgia Tech and my Phi Kappa Tau brotherhood as well as those who otherwise came into contact with the email," the author wrote. "As hard as it may be to believe, it was written as a joke for a small audience that understood the context and that it is not my nor my fraternity's actual beliefs on the subject. I have now come to realize this is a very serious topic that should not be taken lightly."

In the original email, the author encouraged the use of alcohol to "escalate" from a conversation to dancing to having sex. He wrote, "If anything ever fails, go get more alcohol."

In his apology, he categorized his language as "locker room banter" and said the email was "satire," although he did acknowledge it was "immature and outrageous," as well as being "wrong in and of itself."

"I am both embarrassed and ashamed at this dialogue and realize now that any sexual statement that is demeaning to women is never a joke," he wrote.

He also explained the origin of his "rapebait" term, which was a name given to him as a pledge.

"One particular term originated from the nickname I received as a pledge, which was '4th Grade Rape Bait' due to my youthful looks and the connotation of what may happen to someone like me in prison," he wrote. "This became an internal fraternity joke and the term found its way into several communications, inappropriately and even nonchalantly. In retrospect, it was a nickname I should not have embraced but continuing to use the term was my fault. As a leader I should have put a stop to it in any reference."

The author was not just a member of the fraternity, but revealed he was the group's social chairman, a position he resigned.

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