Abstract
In this longitudinal ethnographic research, we report on 7 years of hazing rituals on two separate men's sports teams at one university in the United Kingdom. Using 38 in-depth interviews alongside naturalistic observations of the initiation rituals, we demonstrate that hazing activities have changed from being centered around homophobic same-sex activities to focusing on extreme levels of alcohol consumption. We show that whereas same-sex activities once occurred paradoxically to prohibit them, today these initiations open up the possibility of same-sex behaviors for young men in the life stage of emergent adulthood.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 427-448 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Journal of Adolescent Research |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Jul 2012 |
Keywords
- college issues
- gender
- peers/friends
- risk behavior
- sexuality