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How to Define Masculinity
The first stage of initiation is that the boy has to leave his boyhood behind. In some African tribes they would put the boy in a coffin and allow the mother to to wail the loss of her son. When he returns you would actually reintroduce herself like hey who are you young man I'm my name you know. So obviously there's some theatrics to this but ceremony that's pretty profound. Yeah, by the end by the end. And then you're like big change to apply it the way, Vang and empathize it to boys.