My research question is, “What are the harms of hazing?” I chose this topic because, I believe it is important to understand the harms of the hazing acts sorority sisters and fraternity brothers perform on to their pledges. This is an extremely useful topic because hazing isn't really talked about in society, people believe that police brutality and racism are more important topics. Also parents are extremely quick to persuade their kids to get involved with Greek life, not realizing the cons of joining Fraternities and Sororities; I am here to inform. Make this longer
I’ve found many statistics surrounding college greek life hazing, such as “Over the last decade hazing has become more sexual, more humiliating, and more violent.” ( but …show more content…
How are harms of hazing statistics gathered? (the dangers of hazing
The number of cases in which hazing cause physical harm cannot be estimated because many people rarely go to the hospital to get taken care of or if they do, they do not say exactly what happened to cause their injuries.
6. How many hazing cases resulted in death?
Primary Research
For my primary research I decided to look further into actual hazing cases in fraternities and sororities, at various colleges all over the U.S. Statistics shows that there are reportedly more hazing acts in fraternities than sororities. Also the fraternity’s hazing acts are more physical and masculine and the Sorority’s hazing acts are more sexual and emotional. I feel that it is important to not only understand the crime, but also view how the surviving victims felt before, during, and after everything was done. I also looked deep into the causes of death, and the injuries of the survivors. No one deserves to be belittled and treated as though they are nothing, just to be physically and socially accepted. I researched some cases of Greek life hazing, stories of victims who are now traumatized by the brutal things they experienced and who have died from being