Allegations that members of the Sayreville High School football team subjected freshman players to anal penetration bear an eerie resemblance to dozens of cases around the country.
In Colorado, the hazing case involved a pencil. In Los Angeles, a broken flag pole. In Iowa, a jump-rope handle. In Missouri, a water bottle. In Vermont, pool cues. In New York City, coaches were fired after accusations that three members of the track team assaulted younger teammates, with one reportedly saying, "You need a good fingering, you freshman.
A review by Bloomberg News counted over a dozen incidents of high school boys being sodomized with foreign objects by their teammates in alone. In Iowa, high school wrestlers punished younger teammates for missing practice or failing to make their weight class by rectal penetration using the handle of a jump rope. An Illinois soccer player alleged younger members of the team were pinned to the ground, their testicles grabbed, then sodomized with a finger.
The Colorado case involved the team manager, who was sodomized with a pencil on the team bus after having been bound with duct tape. So with each season, each perpetrator wants to add his or her mark," said Susan Lipkins , a psychologist who has written, a hazing prevention guide. He may then feel he can finally put his lingering sense of victimhood behind him. There is no difference psychologically between the use of a finger or an object in the hazing penetration, Lipkins said.
Some episodes of more mild hazing have put law enforcement in the position of having to conclude no charges can be filed because no law has been broken, said Madden. Kathleen O'Brien may be reached at kobrien njadvancemedia. Follow her on Twitter OBrienLedger. Find NJ. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. Middlesex Sayreville allegations not unique as experts see increase in anal-penetration hazing Published: Oct.
