Pro-hazing article in Cosmo

[DrPhil]

The hazing song goes on and on. GC hazing threads have been the same for years. If you (in general) are a member of a GLO and you don't know how hazing is defined by your GLO, institution, and state, I posit you have not been paying attention. Do so.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

The hazing song goes on and on. GC hazing threads have been the same for years. If you (in general) are a member of a GLO and you don't know how hazing is defined by your GLO, institution, and state, I posit you have not been paying attention. Do so.

I know. But new people come along periodically who haven't taken time to read all of the (many) hazing threads where this has been said over and over.

Plus, I think it's not necessarily a problem of not knowing how hazing is defined by one's own GLO, institution or state. The problem as I see it is assuming that all GLOs define hazing the same way that one's own does.

[DrPhil]

I want people to stop needing GC to educate them on some things. What did we do before GC?

It is problematic to assume that our GLO's definition of hazing applies to everyone but I consider it even more problematic to assume people have to care what we say either way about hazing. Even after you tell people that hazing has subjective components, there are still people who believe their opinion of what constitutes hazing, pledging, sisterhood, and brotherhood is so awesome that it should silence any dissenters.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I want people to stop needing GC to educate them on some things. What did we do before GC?

Considering that many of our new members were 6 years old when GC went online, they didn't do much at all before GC.

It is problematic to assume that our GLO's definition of hazing applies to everyone butI consider it even more problematic to assume people have to care what we say either way about hazing. Even after you tell people that hazing has subjective components, there are still people who believe their opinion of what constitutes hazing, pledging, sisterhood, and brotherhood is so awesome that it should silence any dissenters.

What else would you do on a forum?

[Alpha O]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Need to find an address to write Cosmo about their lack of judgement posting an article encouraging hazing

From the introduction to the article:

Do you have a hazing story you'd like to share anonymously with Cosmopolitan.com's editors? Write the editor, [name], at [email].

Not only are they lacking judgement in publishing an article that encourages hazing, they are also encouraging more people to write to them about this topic, so that (presumably) more of these types of articles can be published!

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Alpha O

From the introduction to the article:


Not only are they lacking judgement in publishing an article that encourages hazing, they are also encouraging more people to write to them about this topic, so that (presumably) more of these types of articles can be published!

Hey Alpha O, welcome to GC! Come over to the AOii forum and introduce yourself.