Female cross dressing has a long history in Europe. Recorded in myths, fairy tales, folk songs, it is not uncommon to stumble upon the...

The Republic of Vanuatu is a cluster of around eighty islands off Australia’s east coast. Colonized by multiple European countries over...

A common rite of passage for boys and men is joining the military. In some countries, military service is mandatory for men, and...

The previous post spoke about rites of masculinity in Western countries, or rather their absence. Lacking a unified transitional ritual...

The point of male rites of passages is to bring a boy into adulthood (Raphael, 1988, p.10). In order for the rite of passage to work, all...

Amish community ideals and morals originate from those of Anabaptist Christians (Mazie, 2005, p. 748). They value simplicity, modesty,...

The Hamar are a pastoral tribe located in the Omo River Valley of Ethiopia. In Hamar culture, a man comes of age by successfully...

Bar mitzvahs are considered to be the rite of passage from child to adult for Jewish people (Shoham, 2018, p. 133), and the word was...