What To Do
DURING:
- Be Aware. Try to remember the layout of the area. Read the emotions of the perpetrators. Do not: volunteer to be hazed, to be the first, or to try to please the group.
- If you are asked to do something that is dangerous and you do not want to do it, follow your gut. Though it may mean that you will not be accepted into that group, you will be happier with that decision in the long run.
- It may be difficult to exit during an initiation rite. The best way to avoid significant problems is to plan ahead, which means, finding out as much as possible so that you can create an exit strategy. Those in control spend much time planning the event, so you should also spend some time planning how to avoid the event should you decide that you do not want to participate. Such a decision is the earmark of someone who is intelligent and aware.
- During an initiation rite, if you want to leave, try to find a group of like-minded individuals who choose to leave together. Trying to de-pledge as an individual may be dangerous. You are more likely to avoid problems if you are part of a group.