"Branding" is not hazing?

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by 1914blue1920

hazing is doing something against your will to be initiated into* an organization, branding should be optional, you dont have to get your skinned burned but if you are hazed into it, that sounds like a good crime

Or maintain membership in.

That includes the fear or threat of social ostracization if an initiated member doesn't do something (branding included).