Hazing still goes on, but it is more clandestine, for as many have pointed out it is now illegal and considered unacceptable. And from time to time there are stories in the news of hazing rituals going wrong, someone injured or. even dying, of people being arrested or expelled from school. Recall some years ago -and remember it coming up on the World Spanking Forum chat- a case at Rutgers University where a pledge was so brutally paddled that she ended up in the emergency room. I believe charges were brought. One thing people don't like to discuss is that black Greek organizations have a history of brutal hazing and initiation rites, even including branding with the initials of the fraternity. Someone told me he had a black colleague who had one of those brands. Don't have much use for college frats, absolutely refused to have anything to do with them with I was in school. Snobbery, racism, alcohol abuse, gang rape(often after the women have had drugs slipped into a drink) are aspects associated with fraternity life. Sororities are probably more innocuous, but sure they have their share of snooty attitudes and conformism. To be fair though some things done to newbies in groups are merely harmless pranks. Like telling a rookie on a baseball team to go fetch the key to the pitcher's box! |