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more likely to be hurt in gang initiation than they are by refusing to join. Female members may be required to have sex with male members as a form of initiation, also known as "sex in", though they may also be "jumped-in" like their male counterparts. One study shows that female members who were "sexed-in" as part of gang initiation were thereafter viewed with lower respect than those that were "jumped-in", even when promised they would become full-fledged members. Another study found that sexed-in members face greater risks of sexual exploitation and
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discussed initiation as a principal religious act by classical or traditional societies. He defined initiation as "a basic change in existential condition", which liberates man from profane time and history. "Initiation recapitulates the sacred history of the world. And through this recapitulation,
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A spiritual initiation rite normally implies a shepherding process where those who are at a higher level guide the initiate through a process of greater exposure of knowledge. This may include the revelation of secrets, hence the term secret society for such organizations, usually reserved for those
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often require new members to commit crimes before accepting them as part of the gang. New members may be physically beaten by fellow gang members to demonstrate their courage, also known as "beat-in" or "jump-in", which occasionally results in a fatality. One study indicates that young people are
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marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense, it can also signify a transformation in which the initiate is 'reborn' into a new role. Examples of initiation ceremonies
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tribes usually had long periods of time to help prepare adolescent boys, teaching them traditional lore before they were ready to attend large elaborate ceremonies at the time of initiation when they were finally recognized as full-fledged men in their society. Most tribes had circumcision and
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of females as well. Initiation is considered necessary for the individual to be regarded as a full member of the tribe. Otherwise, the individual may not be allowed to participate in ceremonies or even in social rituals such as marriage. A man will not be allowed to marry or have any special
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The humiliation of initiation rituals borrows from the world of comic ordering, the shaming rituals from tragic ordering. The initiation ritual conceives of humiliation as a test, a rite, prior to and indeed allowing for the attainment of honor as a group member of good
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Initiation may be thought of as an event which may help teens prepare themselves to be good husbands and wives. Where modernization is occurring, initiation is not taken so seriously as before, although there are still certain areas which still perform initiations.
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In addition, there can be similar rites of passages associated with parts of naval and military life, which do not constitute true initiations as the participants are already and remain members of the same community. One such rite is associated with
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Keating, C. F.; Pomerantz, J.; Pommer, S. D.; Ritt, S. J. H.; Miller, L. M.; McCormick, J. (2005). "Going to college and unpacking hazing: A functional approach to decrypting initiation practices among undergraduates".
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Some communities on board a military vessel and also of military soldiers tend to form a closed 'family' which absorbs in members, who are often formally accepted, generally after a form of trial or
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Lodewijkx, H. F. M.; van Zomeren, M.; Syroit, J. E. M. M. (2005). "The anticipation of a severe initiation: Gender differences in effects on affiliation tendency and group attraction".
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In the study of certain social forms of initiation, such as hazing in college fraternities and sororities, laboratory experiments in psychology suggest that severe initiations produce
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during initiations have important consequences in that initiates who feel more rewarded express stronger group identity. As well as group attraction, initiations can also produce
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specialized initiations, which certain individuals undergo in order to transcend their human condition and become protégés of the Supernatural Beings or even their equals."
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rites: "collective rituals whose function is to effect the transition from childhood or adolescence to adulthood." They represent "above all the revelation of the sacred."
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tribe of South Africa is normally regarded as a stage where a boy is to be taught manhood and a girl to be taught womanhood. In many African tribes, initiation involves
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was a multistage process which involved beatings and manipulation of various objects. At each stage, the initiate was offered revelations of secret knowledge (Urap:
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rites, "by virtue of which adolescents gain access to the sacred, to knowledge, and to sexuality-- by which, in short, they become human beings."
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that governs the work performed by members of the union. Some unions also charge a one-time initiation fee, after which the joining
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Miller, J. (2002). Young Women in Street Gangs: Risk Factors, Delinquency, and Victimization Risk. National Crime Journal, Ch.3>
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In some African tribes, boys take about 3–4 months participating in initiation rites and girls take about 1–2 months.
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Robbins, Joel (2001). "God Is Nothing but Talk: Modernity, Language, and Prayer in a Papua New Guinea Society".
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Robbins, Joel (1998). "Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Desire among the Urapmin of Papua New Guinea".
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the whole world is sanctified anew... can perceive the world as a sacred work, a creation of the Gods."
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relationship with a woman who did not go to an initiation, because she is not considered to be a woman.
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among new members. Psychology experiments have also shown that initiations increase feelings of
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Aronson, E.; Mills, J. (1959). "The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group".
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Kamau, C. (2012). What does being initiated severely into a group do? The role of rewards.
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Eliade differentiates between types of initiations in two ways: types and functions.
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among initiates after the experience, because they want to justify the effort used.
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This hat would only have been worn by initiates to Kindi, the highest level of
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Brumbaugh, Robert (1980). "Models of Separation and a Mountain Ok Religion".
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as the Western presence grew in eastern Congo in the early twentieth century
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Nearing the late parts of the ceremony, the initiate gains an alias, or a "
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at the higher level of understanding. One famous historical example is the
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Festinger, L (1961). "The psychological effects of insufficient rewards".
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on board a naval ship, but it can even be taken by passengers on board a
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are renamed by their guru during the three-day initiation ceremony in
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is initiation into a secret male religious cult. For example, the
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for Kindi, crowns the hat. European-made buttons began to replace
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men to prove themselves as warriors. The ceremony as witnessed by
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TEENS CAN REFUSE GANG MEMBERSHIP WITHOUT SERIOUS HARM, STUDY SAYS
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stings as part of their initiation rites to become warriors.
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A salient shared cultural feature of the Min peoples of the
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Tribes often have initiations. The initiation done in the
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One of the most recognized religious initiation rites is
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Burris-Kitchen, D. (1997). Female Gang Participation.
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is officially deemed to be a member in good standing.
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of ancient Greece, thought to go back to at least the
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The Anthropology of Morality in Melanesia and Beyond
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used to practice a type of male initiation known in
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