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StopHazing.org.
Hazing Defined
Hazing is defined by the FIPG (Fraternity Insurance Purchasing Group) as:
"Any action taken or situation created, intentionally, whether on or off fraternity premises, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule. Such activities may include but are not limited to the following: use of alcohol; paddling in any form; creation of excessive fatigue; physical and psychological shocks; quests, treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, road trips or any other such activities carried on outside or inside of the confines of the chapter house; wearing of public apparel which is conspicuous and not normally in good taste; engaging in public stunts and buffoonery; morally degrading or humiliating games and activities; and any other activities which are not consistent with fraternal law, ritual or policy or the regulations and policies of the educational institution."
"1. If you have to ask if it's hazing, it is. 2. If in doubt, call your advisor/coach/national office. If you won't pick up the phone, you have your answer. Don't B.S. yourself.' 3. If you haze, you have low self-esteem. 4. If you allow hazing to occur, you are a 'hazing enabler.' 5. Failure to stop hazing will result in death..."
Will Keim, Ph.D., "The Power of Caring"
EXAMPLES OF HAZING
The following are examples of hazing by category. It is impossible to list all hazing activities, so this list is not intended to be all inclusive. Each pledge activity can be measured against the definition for each category.
A. SUBTLE HAZING: Actions that are against accepted sorority or fraternity standards of conduct, behavior and good tastes. An activity or attitude directed toward a pledge or an act which ridicules, humiliates or embarrasses.
EXAMPLES:
1. Never doing anything with the pledge(s)
2. Calling pledge "pledgie" or any other demeaning name
3. Silence periods for pledges
4. Any form of demerits
5. Initiates writing progress reports on pledges
6. Requiring pledges to call members Mr., Miss etc.
7. Scavenger hunts for meaningless objects
8. Phone duty or house duties, if only assigned to pledges
9. Requiring pledges to carry Pledge Handbook or paddles everywhere to get signatures
10. Scaring pledges with what may happen at initiation
11. Deprivation of privileges
B. HARASSMENT HAZING: Anything that causes mental anguish or physical discomfort to the pledge. Any activity or activity directed toward a pledge or activity which confuses, frustrates or causes undue stress.
EXAMPLES:
1. Verbal abuse
2. Any form of questioning under pressure or in an uncomfortable position
3. Requiring pledges to wear ridiculous costumes or perform ridiculous activities
4. Requiring only pledges to enter by back door or go up back staircase
5. Stunt or skit nights/events with demeaning and/or crude skits and/or poems
6. Requiring pledges to perform personal service to actives such as carrying books, running errands, performing maid duties, etc.