Blog Post #9

Argument:

My main argument is that fraternities help build identity capital through pledging, social involvement, networking opportunities, and to a certain extent, hazing. All of these aspects of a fraternity are unique to the organizations. Pledging and hazing are very unique to fraternities and these processes aren't present in any other organization on campus. And although there are networking opportunities throughout other organizations, the sense of "brotherhood" is what drives the fraternity experience to be better.

Counter-Argument:

The main argument against this hypothesis is the dangerous risks that are associated with the same processes that help build identity capital. Pledging and hazing have led to deaths across the U.S and an argument can be made that processes that have this kind of downside are not worth the rewards that an individual might gain. This is a very valid argument to have and the only way to avoid these dangers is through better risk management and not pushing its members too far to gain a brotherhood.

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