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Originally posted by Cream
Even after I had been a sister for a while, we did things that would have been considered hazing without us even realizing it until a rep came and told us. The thing about hazing is that many of the people who do it are actually nice people who don't realize how bad it is and not just for the pledges.
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This reminds me of an SNL commercial parody I saw last night, instead of the EPT test it was the "HHT" headache test - you drew blood, waited 2 hours, to see if you had a headache, and then if you did you could medicate it. Ridiculous, obviously.
Here's a hint: If you don't know you were hazed unless someone tells you you were, you weren't! And I don't mean FIPG definitions, I mean what hazing REALLY is. If anyone read The Morning After by Katie Roiphe, she gives a similar example....women do not feel they were sexually harassed until they're told that they were, and then they need to seek counseling. It's all part of the victim mentality in this country.
And people who haze are NOT nice people...ever...they're assholes...and every single one of them should be drummed out of the Greek system. I'm talking about people who beat their pledges and force bottles of vodka down their throats. NOT people who coordinate pledge/sister interviews and scavenger hunts. That is PLEDGING. Not hazing. If my sisters-to-be would have laid a hand on me, I wouldn't have needed a policy or a national rep to tell me something was seriously messed up here!
I don't think there is such a thing as a national pledge program that is right for EVERY chapter...I had no problem getting interviews for my whole chapter (35) but I sure as heck don't expect our chapter at Penn State (100+) to do that! That is called allowing for differences, and while it isn't as easy as making a lot of sweeping generalizations and overcautious rules, I believe it makes for stronger chapters, and stronger chapters make a stronger national organization and Greek system. I think some of the nationals are realizing this and relaxing the highly structured programs that were swept in 6-7 years ago.
Also, paint me purple and call me channelling shulttzz, but the local bashing on here (no matter how euphemistic it may be) really needs to stop. If your local couldn't see the bigger picture and get its act together before a national came in and set you on a path, that's your experience. If locals were all so frigging clueless and horrible, do you think that any of them would be left anywhere? There are good locals and bad locals....there are good chapters of nationals and bad chapters of nationals. Anyone who believes otherwise needs to open their eyes and wake up.
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