Hazing has become a big issue on my campus. I was absolutely shocked to hear about some of what has been going on in many of our NPC sororities...I truly believed that the 'hazing' that occurred was NOTHING like the urban legends you hear.
The reputation the BGLO's on my campus is almost more horrifying.
I truly believe that you should grow to respect your sisters and/or brothers because they set a positive example of respect, maturity, and love -- NOT because you are afraid of them.
One of my sisters and I were discussing this and comparing it to parents. You are much more likely to form a deep, loving emotional bond with a parent who has been a beacon of unconditional love than with a parent who has been abusive and instilled fear in you.
You will respect either parent, but one will be a healthy, constructive form of respect while the other is a resentful, terrified, and self-nullifying form. How are you supposed to feel close and affectionate towards someone who crushed your self-esteem and been detrimental in the quest to become the best man or woman you can possibly be (which is a major reason for my membership in my org.)?
As a disclaimer, I am not 100% sure of what transpires in organizations other than my own. I also realize how sad it is that ENTIRE chapters, or even GLO's themselves are attacked for the possibly unsolicited actions of a fraction of the initiated members, because I believe that only rarely is it a majority of the chapter sanctioning and/or supporting these hazing incidents.
However, it seems that the systen is inappropriately very passive about letting things like this happen. The only penalty (to my knowledge) that NPC here gives reported orgs is a ban from participating in homecoming. Slap on the wrist much? Isolated hazing incidents add up and jeopardize the future of the ENTIRE Greek system!
I would think that chapters would be interested in penalizing the individuals that are blackening their name? In not doing so, they are putting the fate of their organizations at risk. The silence is a dangerous reinforcement that violating the human rights of others is OK.
I just felt the need to share my thoughts on this...
My feelings about hazing...
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