On a Thursday night, around 2am, I was woken up by someone shoving a pillowcase over my head. “What the fuck!” I cried, more out of reflex than anything else. I knew what was happening. My hazing was upon me. “Grab his legs,” someone said. It sounded like Jeffy. I cannot count how many times I have asked the following question amidst the past four years of my life; what can I do to stop hazing? This single question has left me confused, angry, disillusioned, and ultimately inspired to make a difference in the world. I hope that by sharing with you my story, you too will be inspired to make an impact in your community.
The forced sexual contact of hazing is certainly another way to fulfill those desires; it’s no wonder that so many gay men are attracted to college fraternities, long the bastion of hazing. On a cold, stormy September night in , my 14 fraternity pledge brothers and I received this ambiguous text from one of our pledge masters:. At 11pm, you will all load into three of your cars and drive to the destination I send you. Bring a first aid kit, five jugs of water, three shovels, and a triangular-shaped candle.
Frat House is a documentary that explores the darker side of fraternity life and hazing. The film, directed by Todd Phillips and Andrew Gurland, focuses on the pledging process through a composite of different fraternities. Tuesday night, Jane Ward of the University of California, Riverside had over people close their eyes to imagine sorority sisters pouring chocolate syrup on one another and demanding the new pledges to lick it off everyone else. At the talk, Ward discussed the homosexual contact between straight white males as a part of hazing rituals and how it affects their heteromasculinity. Heteromasculinity is the social and cultural pressure that in order to conform and to reaffirm their masculinity, males must fit a certain physical and sexual mold.
A fraternity, usually thought of as a hotbed of machismo and sometimes very demeaning and dangerous hazing, isn't exactly a place where most gay college students would typically feel welcome or. Already contributed? Log in to hide these messages. On a cold, stormy September night in , my 14 fraternity pledge brothers and I received this ambiguous text from one of our pledge masters:.
On a Thursday night, around 2am, I was woken up by someone shoving a pillowcase over my head. “What the fuck!” I cried, more out of reflex than anything else. I knew what was happening. My hazing was upon me. “Grab his legs,” someone said. It sounded like Jeffy. .
The forced sexual contact of hazing is certainly another way to fulfill those desires; it’s no wonder that so many gay men are attracted to college fraternities, long the bastion of hazing. .
Frat House is a documentary that explores the darker side of fraternity life and hazing. The film, directed by Todd Phillips and Andrew Gurland, focuses on the pledging process through a composite of different fraternities. .
A fraternity, usually thought of as a hotbed of machismo and sometimes very demeaning and dangerous hazing, isn't exactly a place where most gay college students would typically feel welcome or. .