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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
So... in order for you to "be accepted" into a fraternity you have to prove yourself by drinking too much, bowing down to brothers, and being humiliated?
That makes sense.
And what are these "initiation rites" you speak of? I didn't realize I had to be physically and emotionally harassed in order to grow up.
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Did I say anything about drinking too much, bowing down to brothers, being humiliated or being physically and emotionally harassed? No. (Well, actually I did when I said just a few posts back that I think hazing is wrong and that I support my fraternity's policies on hazing.)
You're reading things into what I said that aren't there.
Read the post to which I linked a few posts back in this thread and you'll see the kind of thing I'm talking about.
As for the initiation rites, take an anthropology class or read up on the Greek mysteries. Or you might read up on vision quests.
(Actually, my fraternity's manual for probationary members has a very good section on ritual and initiation rites/rites of passage. I don't have my copy handy, but when my copy and I are in the same place, I'll take a look at it and see if there's anything worth posting here.)
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