ManndigoNUPE:
I'm glad you had the guts to speak your mind, even if your opinion isn't popular on this particular thread. Though I presume you were speaking about your own experience, I would like to add that I think that for WOMEN to administer and accept physical beatings as a part of entering a supposedly refined, ladylike organization, is ridiculous and completely unacceptable. I am a feminist who believes that women and men are equal, but I also believe we're different, and I wouldn't want to take up certain things that are considered normal for men, like beating someone as a part of a pledge process.
dstbrat:
I am still trying to figure out a way that our organizations can incorporate the positive aspects of pledge activities without the craziness of hazing. The only thing I've come up with so far is some type of moratorium on membership intake (particularly undergraduate) while we undertake a renewed reclamation effort during that time. I don't know exactly how it would work, but I hope that by rededicating myself to my own sorority, I will work with others to figure out a positive, WORKABLE solution. We need WORKERS to accomplish the goals we've all set. POSEURS need not apply!
DG
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