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Fortitude and Enduring Pain Are Central Features of Many Initiation Rituals
Fortitude and enduring pain are such central features of many initiation rituals. Life as life is hard in a small group where you kindly need to be able to ly on one another. Adolescent rightes of passage don't tend to involve enduring pain, at least not of the physical type. In these places, success depends less on physical strength.