Rites of passage: female

Abstract

The female life course is marked by dramatic discontinuity, both physically and culturally, by events such as menarche, a marriage ceremony, pregnancy, and menopause. In the nonindustrialized world, traditional societies varied in which life‐course events were assigned rites of passage. For many, but not all of these societies, menarche, eligibility for marriage, and the transition to female adulthood at puberty were marked by a great variety of ceremonials.

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