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Was there an event or ritual that made it clear to you?
BuzzFeed produced this video describing how boys become men in 13 different cultures around the world. Watch and listen, and take notes in case it jogs your memory or otherwise prompts you to write on the subject!
Tell us your story!
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For the list of sources used in this video, click here.
Here is a related article on GMP:
Seven Characteristics That Make a Boy a Man
The journey from boyhood to manhood doesn’t happen overnight.
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At the age of 20, standing on a football field with 80k fans screaming in the stands for their team to score, on our 3 yard line….. the number one team in the country about to score……they broke the huddle and came to the line where we all readied to explode for bragging rights to manhood, to dominance……the ball snapped, launching the linemen in front of me struggling completely……there appeared an opening as the quarterback reached to hand the ball to a fullback 40 pounds heavier than I…….I stepped into the opening and put my facemask on the ball and… Read more »
Just watched the video. Saw the aboriginal peoples initiation. Um, yeah, could I like, I dunno, wrestle a polar-bear or something instead? Anyway, though I think such primitive initiation is about as desirable as the stories my mother told me, where the old Italian villagers would hang a bloodied sheet out the window after wedding night, to prove both virginity and the transformation to womanhood for the bride, I do think that male community, and initiation to manhood is one of our greatest failings in this society. Brought my son’s through it, but without souffling the urethra type stuff. Simple… Read more »