Cyber Bullying & School Bullying » hazing http://www.bullyingtalk.com Bullying Facts and Prevention Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:50:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What is hazing? http://www.bullyingtalk.com/what-is-hazing/ http://www.bullyingtalk.com/what-is-hazing/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:11:00 +0000 admin http://www.bullyingtalk.com/?p=71 Hazing is when a group — like a club or a sorority — requires that others who want to join do certain things. Sometimes these things are silly and are not harmful, such as wearing crazy clothes or a lot of makeup. Other times, the people in charge of the group make the newcomers do dangerous and even life-threatening things, such as drinking too much alcohol.

Bullying and hazing are similar to each other in some ways, but are different in others.

Bullying Hazing
  • Involves leaving someone out of a group
  • Bullies usually act alone or in a small group
  • Victims of bullying do not choose to be bullied
  • Is a part of a process to join a group
  • Hazing usually involves a whole team or club
  • Victims of hazing have usually approached the team or club and asked to belong

At the middle and high school levels, hazing often occurs in sports teams, with current team members “initiating” new members. Many people think of hazing as a harmless part of growing up, as something that everyone goes through at some point, but hazing is harmful, both physically and emotionally. Physical wounds heal, but a victim of hazing can carry the emotional scars with them for life.

Common types of hazing include:

  • Sleep deprivation and restrictions on personal hygiene
  • Yelling, swearing, and insulting new members/rookies
  • Being forced to wear embarrassing or humiliating clothing in public
  • Being forced to eat vile substances or smearing of such on one’s skin
  • Brandings
  • Physical beatings
  • Binge drinking and drinking games
  • Sexual simulation and sexual assault

Source: Office on Women’s Health.

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