Quote:
Originally Posted by *winter*
Idk. I just wonder sometimes- we "banned" hazing by taking away signatures/interviews and simple, fun things...but people are not only still hazing, but they're becoming increasingly sadistic about it (pouring gasoline in someone??? WTF?) I wonder what direction we are really moving in here...
|
People figure in for a buck, in for a quarter. “If we’re going to get in trouble for hazing for anything we do we might as well go over the top.” I mean, we made a bulletin board at the house with photos of all the pledges and their majors, hometowns etc. We had a lot of sisters who were doing internships or student teaching and this was a way that if they could stop by the house they knew who the new girls were, if anyone had gone to their HS etc. Guess what! We were told this was hazing because it “puts the pledges on display.” That was as opposite from our intent as you could get - we were trying to help the sisters who weren’t there day to day feel involved. It’s hard to not feel hostile and resentful when your good intentions are twisted in such a way.
So what happened is the chapters who really didn’t have a hazing culture are told that they do, and the chapters who really did have learned nothing.
And I loved doing interviews and getting signatures and such. It gave me an excuse to talk to people- I probably wouldn’t have had the guts to otherwise. If it was “hazing” to provide a way for me to introduce myself to the Greek community and get over my shyness, well, consider me happily hazed.
Threaded Mode
