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Originally Posted by excelblue
+1; very strongly agree.
One of the most important facets of Greek Life is shared values, and it's imperative that the organization you join has the same values.
For several activities, the difference between hazing and not hazing likes solely within the context. Here's a couple examples from my chapter:
1.) Pledges performing a extremely intense early-morning workout that causes them to think they're going to die. Without consent and as a surprise, it's definitely hazing. However, in our case, we just have a few brothers that do CrossFit and joined in.
2.) Cleaning the house. It's hazing if brothers make an unreasonable amount of mess and then make the pledges clean it in an unreasonable way. It's not hazing when everyone is required to do their fair share of responsibly maintaining the house, brothers included.
The exact same activity, depending on the context, is the difference between hazing and bonding.
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This is so well said. I wish every national group was capable of seeing this type of nuance, instead of just banning things right and left to cover their asses.