Bizutage

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Under hazing [ bizy'taʒ ] is understood in France and the Francophone countries locally differently configured initiation rites involving higher education milieu, often up to the present the borders to abuse , humiliation, sexual assault or sometimes extortion have passed.

history

The tradition goes back to the 12th century. Because of the abuses, the Bizutage , which had been officially banned since the 1920s, was included in the French criminal code in 1998 at the instigation of Minister Ségolène Royal . This defines the Bizutage as “a multitude of degrading and traumatizing rites in a training or university environment” (Livre II, title II, Chapitre V, Section 3 bis, Article 225-16-1). If convicted, she will be punished with up to six months in prison or a fine of around € 7,600 . Especially at universities and Grandes écoles were Bizutages commonplace. Several organizations are campaigning against the Bizutage . This is especially true since some victims of such rites suicide had committed. In a 2010 case, the Draguignan Court (southern France) sentenced the two instigators, who had no previous conviction, to six and twelve months' imprisonment for a bizutage in which a victim was badly burned.

ceremony

Nevertheless, bizutage continues to refer to several, locally different admissions ceremonies that are carried out on newcomers. Recently, they have often taken on a rather humorous form and ostensibly aim to save those affected from letting their new position go to their heads. In fact, Bizutages also try to create a “ corps spirit ” among members of a particular social position. In this context, one speaks of Stockholm Syndrome .

Other countries

Bizutage-like ship christening of recruits

Similar rituals are common in many other western cultures under different names, for example in the USA ( hazing ), the Netherlands ( ontgroening ), Poland ( fala ), Portugal ( praxe ), Italy ( nonnismo ) and Brazil ( trote ).

literature

  • Emmanuel Davidenkoff, Pascal Junghans: You bizutage des grandes écoles et de l'élite. Paris: Plon 1993. ISBN 2-259-02586-2

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NZZ Online: Bizarr barbaric ritual ( memento from June 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) from November 14, 2011, accessed November 14, 2011
  2. ↑ Verena Hölzl: Reception rituals at French universities: "They want to break you and shape you again". In: Spiegel Online. December 23, 2014, accessed December 24, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Article on Bizutage in the online edition of the Westdeutsche Zeitung  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wz-online.de

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