Dangers of Hazing

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"Hazing is an extraordinary activity that, when it occurs often enough, becomes perversely ordinary as those who engage in it grow desensitized to its inhumanity." (Hank Nuwer, Wrongs of Passage) This quotation is one that describes one of the numerous effects of hazing. Though hazing is becoming more and more common, it still is not being readily reported. Some reasons, of many, that hazing is not being reported are that the victims of hazing see it as a right of passage, the people who are administering the hazing have been previously hazed, and that the victims are afraid that if the actives find out that they told, the hazing will increasingly get worse. Hazing is a growing epidemic that people are finally begining to take notice of. But still, even with growing concern, hazing cases go overlooked. So if hazing isn't reported as readily as it should be, what makes it so bad? This reasoning is a logical fallacy for many reasons. My question to the pledges who put themselves through the hazing would be one such as, "What makes you think that this sorority/fraternity is s...

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