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There's nothing more moronic, IN MY OPINION, than physical negative reinforcement. When I rushed, I thought about all I'd heard about hazing and paddling and such and such and I made up my mind that the moment someone my age told me i'd been bad and tried to hurt me physically was the moment I'd leave. There are SO many more ways to get the job done than hitting someone with a piece of wood. I love my sisters to death and I wouldn't be able to stomach watching, or even KNOWING ABOUT one of them being struck because they had forgotten to pay a $5 dollar study hour fine. There are so many other ways to get a point across. I screwed up last semester with my grades and I was told I wasn't allowed to wear my badge because I wasn't in good standing. You know how horrid I feel when I can't wear my Golden Anchor in public or at chapter meetings? Everytime I look around and I see my sisters wearing their badges, I'm punished. If I was told to bend over and allow myself to be paddled because I didn't make grades, I'd not feel guilty, I'd be ticked off. How ANYONE can stomach punishing, embarassing, degrading, or hurting someone that they claim to love, and call a brother or a sister is beyond my grasp. I suppose it's something that you're taught, but who says you have to be taught that in the first place. As far as earning respect through hazing, I told the fraternity guys I (and all my sisters) know and hang out with that if I ever heard of them mistreating any of their new members, I (and my chapter, who agrees with me) would never speak with them again. Beating someone with less "power" than you is the fastest way to lose respect, imo.
Greek Love and Mine,
Mandie
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