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A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. The term was popularised by the French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957), in the early part of the twentieth century. Further theories were developed in the 1960s by Mary Douglas and Victor Turner. Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as childbirth, menarche or other mile ...

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Before the Great Depression, US hazing achieved an art form status amongst benevolent fraternities such as the Mooses and the Freemasons. The DeMoulin Catalog is a catalog of many hazing implements used, most famously the electric carpet. In many cases nowadays, the hardest abuse is usually only enacted for a photograph (sometimes even posted on the Internet) or video. Reported hazing activities can involve all kinds of ridicule and humiliation within the group or in public - many of which could easily be considered abusive if a candi ...

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Hazing, Hazing - Scope, Hazing - Controversy, Hazing - Methods, Hazing - Sources and References

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Hazing has been reported in a variety of social contexts, including: Academic fraternities and sororities (see Fraternities and sororities#Hazing issues) and similarly various other sports teams or even 'soft' and non-competitive ones (such as arts) Other competitive clubs, secret societies and even certain service clubs (such as US freemason lodges, unlike the serious European original tradition) associated groups, like fan clubs, school bands The armed forces — in the US, hard hazing practices from ...

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Hazing, Hazing - Scope, Hazing - Controversy, Hazing - Methods, Hazing - Sources and References

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Although pervasive reports of hazing have been prevalent throughout the years, the practice of ritual abuse among social groups is poorly understood. This is partly due to the secretive nature that often accompanies rookie situations, especially within collegiate fraternities and sororities, and in part a result of long-term acceptance of hazing. Thus, it has been difficult for researchers to agree on the underlying social and psychological mechanisms that perpetuate hazing. A tentative explanation from evolutionary psychology is that hazing activates the capture-bonding psychological tra ...

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Hazing, Hazing - Scope, Hazing - Controversy, Hazing - Methods, Hazing - Sources and References

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