Rite Of Passage

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10.1 Written Assignment Question #1: A Cultural and Historical Look at Teenage Years A rite of passage is an event that symbolizes a person moving to a new stage in their life. This could be an adolescent moving into the teenage years or a teenager moving into adulthood. Although our society doesn’t necessarily define a person’s stage by these rites of passages, we do have a lot of different ceremonies that represent a person moving up in their life. A life example I thought of while reading this chapter was my cousins’ bar and bat mitzvahs. My family on my mom’s side is Jewish, so I’ve attended many bar/bat mitzvahs in my life. This celebration happens when a person is around 13 years old, and it can be compared to a confirmation in the …show more content…

This term is called identity explorations. I spent all of my teenage years figuring out what activities I like, what kind of people I get along with, what kind of work I like to do and figuring out who and what I’d like to be for the rest of my life. We do this by process of elimination. When I was a very young teenager, around 13, I tried out for the volleyball team, mostly because that’s what all my friends were doing. As it turns out, I’m extremely timid and un-athletic so volleyball wasn’t right for me. When I didn’t play volleyball the next year, I tried other clubs like FCCLA and band, and I ended up finding a passion with music that I’ll have for the rest of my …show more content…

Although both males and females share many of the same hormones they have in their body, different hormones are more prevalent for different sexes. During adolescence, the endocrine system in males release many androgens, or male sex hormones. The most common hormone that is received is testosterone, which is responsible for the growth of male genitalia, broadening of shoulders, body hair, muscle growth, etc. Females receive estrogen and progesterone, which are like the female versions of testosterone. These hormones make the uterus and breasts grow, create “curves”, soften skin, and create body

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