Someone said they don't think that paddling takes place anymore. I can tell you it does. I had a boyfriend in a fraternity and at their formal, they paddle their littles. Now I thought this would be a little tap on the butt, because the woman that the big brother brought also gets to paddle the little. So when I had to do it, I really wound up, and then just touched him with the paddle. The brothers booed me
Then, his big brother took the paddle and WHAM! I was like what the heck is this?!?! It does still happen.
Another story...a sister of mine was dating a pledge from another fraternity. One night he and one of his pledge brother snuck to our house at 11 pm and away from the house. Apparently, his pledge brother had been paddled so hard, they broke the skin on his butt and he was bleeding. We ended up taking him to the hospital, but the guys refused to report the incident.
Nobody needs to deal with "taking wood" to be a member of a fraternity.