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Originally posted by mommag2
Yeah you're right I shouldn't differentiate between "good hazing and bad hazing".
In my sorority only the pledges abstain from drinking during the process, actives can drink. There was one thing that I forgot to mention in my last post our pledges have to wear a necklace and pin at all times during the process, the only exceptions are showers and swimming, so they have sorority nalia on at all times.
My question to you is does your sorority allow PNMs to drink in letters?
Why is it that you don't consider the "NO BOYS, NO BOOZE" during Inspiration Week hazing?
Couldn't it be said that your nationals is actually partaking in hazing it's members during that week by putting those restrictions on your life?
Granted, I don't know that much about NPC rush and have only a limited knowledge of how Inspriration Week works. We do have sororities that do I-Week.
Yes, our process is "dry" and as you stated with I-Week you all do it voluntarily, so do our pledges as did our founders and charters of my chapter and every chapter withing my sorority.
That's just my .02
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No one in our sorority is allowed to drink in letters. We also don't smoke or cuss. Phi Mu Fraternity does not promote No Boys, No Booze; it is a chapter tradition. At any time, the chapter could vote (actually it prob. wouldn't even require a vote, just a decision of the new member educator) to not do No Boys, No Booze. We choose to do it as a chapter (that means initiated sisters and soon-to-be initiated sisters) to keep the focus on spending time with your sisters, not spending time with your boyfriend or at a bar. The guidelines are not really harsh, and it is governed by the honor system. It is not hazing because we as an entire chapter CHOOSE to do this. Although I have not encountered this, theoretically if there was a girl in the chapter who felt uncomfortable with participating, she would not have to because there is no enforcement. The point is that we don't make the new members do anything that the sisters themselves do not do. If the pledges are not drinking throughout the pledge period, but the initiated sisters are, I don't consider that voluntary.
I am not questioning your process; even though I said there is no "good" hazing or "bad" hazing, I don't think that having a dry pledge period is really all that bad. But... in the scheme of things, any activity where the pledges are doing something that the sisters don't do, or VICE VERSA, in your situation, is hazing.