UConn Hazing

[OPhiAGinger]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

OPhiAGinger, I don't see a connection between having minimal or no exposure to Greek Life and speaking to the media/the involvement of Gloria Allred.

Hearing personal stories from friends who were in a sorority (including stories about fraternity parties and alcohol) would have given her context for that night even if those stories didn't exactly match what happened at the SAE house. We all evaluate situations based on our personal experiences and the experiences of other people we trust. Without much (if any) personal experience with fraternity parties, she didn't have much material to evaluate whether that night at the SAE house was no big deal or something major.

That lack of context coupled with her being older when she entered the Greek world makes her reaction much more understandable. Teenagers are much more likely to accept undesirable situations, especially if they think it's something that everybody else accepts without question (based on what they've heard through their network). Twenty-somethings are more confident about pushing back. And if she felt that this "hazing" was part of a bigger, ongoing, pervasive problem at UConn she might have felt obligated to shine a spotlight on it to help eradicate that kind of behavior.