[linuss]

Ah, the context/connotations of rite-of-passage might have been lost on me as English is not my first language. Thanks for your suggestions though!

[justin66]

I don't think it's a language thing. To many the notion of an ordeal endured or an adventure undertaken in order to pass into manhood or womanhood (or whatever) is still appealing. "Rite of passage" does not have a universally negative meaning in English, it's just that many of us today are... well, yeah.

[fao_]

I think you might be confusing a "Rite of Passage"[0] with a "Hazing Ritual"[1]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite_of_passage [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazing_ritual

[justin66]

I cannot imagine why you think so. Or why you believe the links you shared support such a statement.

[fao_]

In retrospect, I think I misread your posts