Monday, April 6, 2009

Comparing Coming of Age ceremonies

One of the main commonalities among all Coming of Age ceremonies that we did in class is that females have a much more elaborate Coming of Age ceremony than men. Males, in most cultures, do not even have a ceremony, choosing to become a man when they feel like it. I think women have much more prominent Coming of Age ceremonies because they are more important to the tribe because they can have children, swelling the tribe in terms of numbers.