It does happened in the whole world, you are just lucky that your uni/college opt for using group chat to do recruitment.
Super Free case in Japan.
In any case, you should not go alone or drink any alcohol unless you have a friend who won't consume a lot of drinks.
Man or woman don't matter because both will be drunk or drugged and shit happens.
Whole world? Damn. I thought that my uni way is the normal method to do club recruitment.
Because i mean, joining a club doesn't necessarily means that you will be committed and be an official member of that club instantly and have responsibilities that you need to take care of, ESPECIALLY when you just joined like not even 6 hours ago. Duhh.
You have to adapt yourself first, see if the members/seniors there makes you feel welcomed and doesnt do the otherwise, basically see if the clubs vibes in general fit for you or nah, if you don't, you leave, simple as that.
So yeah, damn. Im surprised that most of the world uni, as you said, do the 'Japan' method let's just say for their club members recruitment.