The Initiation Rituals of Fraternal Society

Fraternity and tribal societies resist all attempts to eliminate or suppress them. Authorities in the form of colonial governments have tried threats, social pressures, legal actions,. banishments, bribes and bands for years. When such attempts are not slyly circumvented by fraternities, they are met with outright physical resistance. There must be something about its function that is vital to the group's fight against hazing.