Don\\\'t Get Lost In The Hazing

May 23
07:43

2012

Patrick Daniels

Patrick Daniels

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Hazing has been part of sororities and fraternities forever. What used to be harmless fun and slight humiliation has been stretched to a point of extr...

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Hazing has been part of sororities and fraternities forever. What used to be harmless fun and slight humiliation has been stretched to a point of extreme,Don\\\'t Get Lost In The Hazing Articles life threatening incidents, that can not only be hurtful to those pledging but can result in criminal charges and jail sentences for those imposing these rituals.
While movies depict hazing sometimes they may not always show it all. We are describing places where pledges are asked to do more than streak, wear something negative on their forehead, or even scrub the bathroom floor with a toothbrush in the middle of the night. Hazing rituals at most colleges have been taken to new degrees and, of late, many states and colleges have banned these rituals all together to ensure that they don't climb from smaller pranks to larger and more dangerous pursuits.
Several of the rituals have not only caused many mental anguish but physical harm. And some more extreme scenarios that resulted in death have seen issues such as paddling, boiling hot water on specific body parts, and being forced to ingest items that can cause choking or excessive intake of water or alcohol which can be deadly. And these are only the items that may cause a person physical danger.
Rituals including public humiliation, rape, and public masturbation are also ways in which a fraternity or sorority weeds out those that may be weak and for many watching the pledges be humiliated is a real turn on. Some even make their pledges perform sex acts on those already in the property.
So why would anybody do these things and humiliate themselves or risk their lives just to get into a fraternity or sorority? Well, college can be a very isolated place and college dorm rooms are not really pleasant places to be. Those who can get in a sisterhood or brotherhood at the college they are attending are part of an elite group and are contained in a family of sorts with people to take care of them and look out for them throughout their college career. It is a level of esteem that most college students aspire to and only a few can realize. And these dangerous and embarrassing rituals and antics for many seem like a small price to pay for this level of social status and a place of belonging that many were unable to reach during their high school life.

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