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Originally posted by Hootie:
Personally I don't take well to being told that I "HAVE TO DO SOMETHING". I'd drop an organization like that in a heartbeat!
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No disrespect intended, but this makes me wonder how you bacame a member of a sorority at all. I'm sure every organization has requirements that a pledge must complete b4 s/he becomes a fully initiated member and in the light of "you want to be an abc," there are some things you HAVE to do, not because your big sisters just made it up for you to do 15 minutes ago, but because it's part of the organization's sanctioned & LEGAL pledge/intake process. For some organizations, it's wearing a pledge pin, dressing a certain way, being at certain functions at certain times, learning certain material. Who are we to say, as members of our individual organizations, that a small detail like wearing a pledge pin is hazing across the board?
Now, I agree that having a pledge have the pin on their person 24/7 is a bit much. That bit about holding it in your teeth while you're in the shower was REALLY doing too much. What if you swallow it or if you drop it & step on it? (ouch!) But under normal, fully clothed circumstances and as long as it's checked DISCRETELY (in the case of wearing it on your bra strap), I don't see the issue with requiring a pledge to wear a pin.