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When we think about hazing, most often we take the side of the victim. But obviously hazing has existed as an American tradition for centuries; their must be something to it, right? We got Moriah, the Pledge Mistress of her sorority (which shall remain nameless), to explain why pledge is a time-honored tradition, and anyone saying otherwise are a bunch of wimps.
Bitches ain’t shit. And if you were Pledge Mistress of the most exclusive sorority on campus, you would understand that.
As Pledge Mistress, I’m in charge of creating the pledge schedule and directly communicating with the pledges. My word is law for them, and the actives defer to my judgment during this “pledge period.” But I digress. I don’t really understand the idea that “hazing” is this terrible thing where a sorority tortures you against your will for weeks. All of these girls are doing this voluntarily. I don’t force anyone to do anything, though the pledges quickly learn to do what I want, and to do it with a fucking smile. I’m teaching them courtesy, traditions, and helping them understand the politics of sorority life. I’m the figurative “Jiminy Cricket” of their entrance into sorority life. That’s right.
Pledge serves two purposes: to learn the traditions and to bond as a pledge class. If the active sisters of the sorority are constantly interacting and encouraging the pledges, the process loses its value. A pledge class is to be unified with each other, not us. A support system foraged during pledge doesn’t disappear with time or seniority. Because pledge is such a stressful time for actives, they submit to the Pledge Mistress to maintain structure. Therefore, being a Pledge Mistress is a position of respect and does not cause tension within the active portion of the sorority.
In pledge, it isn’t my business to know if you’re tired, sick, or overwhelmed; it’s simply not my problem. Pledge is not a time for sleeping, eating, or having fun. It is time for the pledges to learn exactly what is expected of them, and their place in the sorority. I tell the pledges what to do, and they had better well do it, or there will be consequences. So what if I ask them to do impossible tasks in an impossible time frame? It’s do or die. Girls who don’t want this don’t belong in my sight. I don’t have time to deal with insipid little upstarts.
It’s crazy how easy it is to slip right into “pledge mode.” Blank expression, condescending tone, and possessing general clout all make up what I need to command the attention and trepidation of these girls. Compassion is an emotion that has no place in pledge. I’m just doing my job. If the pledges aren’t terrified of me, I’ve failed. If they don’t dread the sound of my heels clicking down the hallway, I have been unsuccessful. If they don’t have ‘Nam style flashbacks of pledge when seeing a particular facial expression of mine, then I haven’t been effective.
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I don’t know why anyone would ever give up/de-pledge when this girl and her “sisters” sound like such fun people to be around.
I hope the author likes latex & strap-on dicks, because I see a lucrative career as a dominatrix in her future. Her delight in terrifying and humiliating people seems an inevitable harbinger of her post-college career. She is going to make some lucky submissive(s) very miserable one day. It’s great to see Greek life preparing young women for the real world like this.
Really? Just…really? This is just embarrassing, I feel bad for this thing’s sorority. I’m ok with (mild) hazing. Going through a difficult and stressful time with a group of girls does make a pledge class incredibly close. It also does give them a view of respect for the sorority as a whole.
However, the PM shouldn’t be getting off on the power rush. It’s one thing to be proud of completing your job (being strict, being harsh, being scary, etc). It’s another thing to take pleasure in terrifying others.
If I found out my PM was doing this, I would depledge immediately. I would never want to be in a sorority with this type of dirt. If a PM did this while I was in school, I would find every way to comfort the pledges. This is not an acceptable mindset to have.
What is she/her sorority compensating for? There has to be something wrong somewhere in there…
Some of those who commented sound like they had a pretty lame pledge. Overcoming obstacles by yourself makes you stronger as an individual, but doing it with a group of other people you have nothing in common with creates unity and requires cooperation, mutual respect, and conflict resolution. That’s the point; you’re supposed to draw your pledges together. Making them do some silly dance hardly accomplishes that in any meaningful way.
if this is even true at all, this sounds like a local sorority, not a national. my new member experience (national panhellenic doesn’t even call it pledging anymore), was the complete opposite of this.. to the extent that we weren’t even allowed to have a scavenger hunt or anything that could be construed as even remotely close to hazing. our new member period consisted of learning about our sorority, and bonding with our new class and the active sisters through get-togethers and activities. our school’s sororities had a dance performance/show to introduce the new class, and that was it. i didn’t even participate in that, or some other things, due to health issues at the time, and i was not made to feel an outcast for it. so i don’t know where this writer is coming from, but it’s totally and ridiculously hyperbolic.
I agree with you Taylor, 110%. This is an embarrassment to Greek Life. Yes, pledging is about bonding with your specific pledge class. But it’s also about getting to know the active sisters as well. You are ONE house. And you are ALL sisters with each other. Your time as a pledge should be difficult, yes, but it should in no way be the way you described it. If this happened at my school there would be serious disciplinary consequences and our chapter would be no more. And knowing someone who works for another sorority’s Nationals (as well as knowing a few who work for my sorority’s Nationals), they would be appalled at this article. This puts a horrible mark on the image of sororities. I would definitely call my pledging experience the best time I never want to have again, but that’s because it was a huge time commitment with some humorously embarrassing things (never anything detrimental to a reputation) and a mentally and emotionally stressful time, not something where we believed we were hated or shunned by the sisters. What you’re describing is horrific.
You cold, evil person.
“chick”– she’s called a “woman.” and something tells me she woudn’t have liked you.
This is absolutely absurd. I go to an SEC school and am in a top sorority. None of this happens. If it did panhellenic would be all over our asses. This chick must go to a subpar school and be in a subpar sorority to believe that she can actually treat human beings this way and enjoy it. Older girls love to hang out with younger girls and vice versa. Pledgeship is a time to learn about traditions and history while getting to know each other. It is a positive time with no hazing involved, except for the occasional scavenger hunt which apparently is now considered “hazing”
i mentioned scavenger hunts in my comment before i saw yours – i would have loved to go on a scavenger hunt!
i mentioned that in my post before i saw your comment – i would have loved to go on a scavenger hunt!
you’re absolutely absurd.