Study: Hazing Hits Half of College Students Belonging to Organizations

[Kevin]

This story illustrates the big problem with "hazing" which is identified in about half the threads in this subforum -- that we have no clue what the actual definition of the word is.

Getting drunk in college or playing drinking games is "hazing"? I think about 99% of our rule books probably would agree. Would very many of us see a table at a party, or a room full of people playing "Captain Dickhead" or something like that and call that hazing? I really doubt it.

There's a disconnect between the definition and reality in my opinion. If I were in charge, I'd really want to nail the definition down a bit better, and try to make it universal between organizations, or at least within umbrella organizations.

[jon1856]

In case anyone wishes to read the whole report:
HazingStudy.org is pleased to announce the release of the Initial Findings of the National Study of Student Hazing: Examining and Transforming Campus Hazing Cultures.
This investigation is the most comprehensive study of hazing to date and includes survey responses from more than 11,000 undergraduate students at 53 colleges and universities in different regions of the U.S. and interviews with more than 300 students and staff at 18 of these campuses.
What is hazing? Hazing is any activity expected of someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them regardless of a person’s willingness to participate....
http://www.hazingstudy.org/
http://www.hazingstudy.org/publicati...n_view_web.pdf

[cuteASAbug]

Originally Posted by jon1856

What is hazing? Hazing is any activity expected of someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them regardless of a person’s willingness to participate....

So if I choose to dress up in an embarrassing feetie-pajama bunny costume for an Easter egg hunt I'm being hazed?

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

So if I choose to dress up in an embarrassing feetie-pajama bunny costume for an Easter egg hunt I'm being hazed?

I am now on page 10 of report; how far have you gotten
And key phase in your comment: "I Choose".
Page 9-10 include this:

The survey included more
than 30 types of hazing behaviors including the following:

Attend a skit night or roast where other members are humiliated

Sing or chant by yourself or with a few select team members in a public
situation that is not related to the event, game, or practice

Wear clothing that is embarrassing and not part of the uniform.

Be yelled, screamed, or cursed at by other team/organization members

Get a tattoo or pierce a body part

Act as a personal servant to other members

Associate with specific people and not others

Deprive yourself of sleep

Be awakened at night by other members

Make prank phone calls or harass others

Be tied up, taped, or confined to small spaces

Be transported to and dropped off in an unfamiliar location

Endure harsh weather without the proper clothing

Make prank phone calls or harass others

Drink large amounts of a non-alcoholic beverage such as water

Participate in a drinking game

Drink large amounts of alcohol to the point of passing out or getting sick

Watch live sex acts

Perform sex acts with same gender