"miscreants" - 1 õppematerjal

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Refuse to allow it openly and it will go underground. You can't ban sex, you can't prohibit alcohol, and you proba- bly can't eliminate hazing!" (Gordon 8{ Gordon, 1963). What is it about hazing practices that make them so precious to these societies? What could make the groups want to evade, undermine, or contest any effort to ban the degrading and perilous features of their initiation rights? Some have argued that the groups themselves are composed of psychological or social miscreants whose twisted needs demand that others be harmed and humiliated. The evidence, however, does not support such a view. Studies done on the personality traits of fra- ternity members, for instance, show them to be, if anything, slightly healthier than other college students in their psychological adjustment (for a review, see C. S. I __i:._ Chapter 3 COMMITMENT AND CONSISTENCY Johnson, 1972). Similarly, fraternities are known for their willingness to engage in