Gender and Schooling

Ending bullying and harassment, and promoting sexual diversity in schools.

by Elizabeth Meyer, Ph.D.

Hazing and high school – gendered rites of group membership

By Elizabeth J. Meyer, Ph.D. on January 15, 2010 in Gender and Schooling

This week, two new stories of extreme hazing in high schools went before the courts. Both of these cases involved male football teams sexually assaulting the new, younger members of their teams: one in California, and one in New Mexico. These are examples of the most severe and criminal versions of hazing, but why do such rites persist in high schools and colleges? Contrary to popular belief, hazing is not limited to male groups, or sports teams and fraternities only. What can parents and educators do to help youth learn to challenge these rites and interrupt the repetition of these "traditions"? Read More

Hazing

Submitted by Dr. Susan Lipkins on January 16, 2010 - 11:01pm.

As a psychologist and author of Preventing Hazing: How Parents, Teachers and Coaches Can Stop the Violence, Harassment and Humiliation, I support your POV.
Hazing has been getting more violent and more sexualized over the course of the last 15 years and it continues to spread downward, into the middle schools

My blueprint of hazing states that hazing is often learned in high school and then repeated in college, the military and the workplace.

The media has helped expose hazing, and with each victim who is brave enough to come forward, another life is saved.

Please visit my website for more info:
http://www.insidehazing.com and
http://www.realpsychology.com