Why Is Hazing Wrong

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College is a lively time to be in. We get some distance from our parents, and the freedom of being an adult. College is a place where people can be themselves. At least this is all advised when high schoolers go to college. It is when we step foot on campus as a freshman in college where we see that we cannot be ourselves. Halls of knowledge have deep dark secrets. They tend to take the core of a person and change them into loyal brothers and sisters of their organization(s). By doing so they go through these “rituals”. It’s only once the ritual turn into oppressing and hateful actions that it is called hazing. Hazing is very well known through all universities. It makes people feel like they are humiliated and hurt. Most people do not know what to do when it happens. Colleges should make the rituals/ traditions performed in the organizations have more discipline, equality, and freedom when it comes to the traditions of hazing within universities. Hazing is a resilient part of about being in college. People hazing to dishearten the diversity among people. Some frats and …show more content…

The victim involved in the act can sometimes feel like they are terrorized and feel they need a compensation for their distress. Then the law in charge, the criminal charges for harassment in the state of Alabama is a “Class C Misdemeanor. (Section 13A-11-8)” Which means that the punishment towards the perpetrator can be a small fine, or if serious, less than a year of jail time. Depending on the situation at hand. There should be more of a punishment on the perpetrator. Harassment is a continuous violation that happens more than once for every campus. At time, it ends with a serious ending on the victim. Dealing with people’s lives should not be taken easily. However, there are people in the world who are open to take full advantage of a vulnerable moment and take over. That is why hazing should have a consequence to its

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