I have been researching sororities for my college research paper on hazing. I am not a
greek memeber, however I was strongly thinking about pledging until I started researching
about them. I think making my own friends, enjoying college life on my own and
concentrating on my
grades is far more important than joining and instant friend, instant hazing-bring you down
and live with it- organization that is supposed to be great. I understand that there are
benefits, but how can you be proud of something after being terrorized and put into life
threatening situations for such a long period of time? My friend is in a sorority, and some
of the hazing practices that she has gone through just to be "in" is not right. I have came
across so many articles of students that have died and students that have been hospitalized
and even raped due to hazing. And if many sorority chapters deny hazing and hazardous
rituals, and especially hide it, than it must not be good or
beneficial to the individual. I think sororities would be a greater influence on student life if
they found other ways to accept members. Stop these bizarre rituals and life threatening
dangers to show the pledgers that you have so much power over them, I understand that
some sororities are different than others, and some don't extend to such dangers. But
overall, hazing needs to stop.
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