Sentences with phrase «not as a rite of passage»

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One will not fail to notice — although I have suppressed many of the details here — that rites of passage take the male as paradigmatic, that the founders of the major world religions have all been male, and that spiritual quests as recorded throughout history add up to a kind of Million Man March.

Maybe short loans can be seen as toughening up exercises or a way to get used to larger crowds but it need not be seen as a mandatory rite of passage.

There's a rite of passage that, as a new mom, you may not know you'll have to inevitably experience.

In the classes that you will attend, the Birthing From Within course views birth as a rite of passage (as it is) and not a medical situation wanting attention.

Birthing from Within by Pam England and Rob Horowitz Buy from HBA - Available in HBA Library - Buy on Amazon - Buy on Book Depository This holistic approach to childbirth examines this profound rite - of - passage not as a medical event, but as an act of self - discovery.

Writing in a linked Comment, Professor Dieter Wolke, University of Warwick, UK, says: «Until not that long ago, being bullied by others was often considered as a normal rite of passage... Any intervention to reduce bullying and the adverse mental health effects caused by victimisation must include efforts to reduce traditional bullying.

No, not at all, but I'm just going to think of it as a rite of passage as an intern, and hopefully I'll get a whole ton of learning in!

Not only do you need it as a rite of passage, but also as a way to understand the retail side of apparel.

Thanks to their association with important rites of passage, such as an engagement or a 60th wedding anniversary, diamonds can be deeply symbolic, but you don't always have to reserve them for special occasions.

Though her brother, Ashmol, was never the affectionate type, his concern at seeing his little sister become ill after Pobby and Dingan disappear quickly sets into motion an incredible journey that will serve as a transformative rite of passage for not just Ashmol, but the whole town of Lightning Ridge as well.

Male directors historically tend to focus on those who are Hot or Not, play up the stereotypes and celebrate the prom or big football game as a rite of passage (spoiler: they never are).

It maybe wasn't until we saw her as the lead in modern rite - of - passage classic, Frances Ha, that we truly accepted Greta Gerwig as the indomitable screen talent that she is.

Set over an eventful but not extraordinary senior year of high school in Sacramento («the Midwest of California,» as one character calls it), Lady Bird follows Lady Bird through rites of passage: getting into and then out of the drama club; tiptoeing into first romance; agonizing about college; growing apart from her best friend (Beanie Feldstein); fighting with her mother; and trying to hide her family's limited income.

The 1990 opening of «The World's End» was designed as a potted version of such rites of passage movies, so I can't think of a better youthful double bill.

As she filmed it, first love is not the standard to which all other relationships must be judged but the necessary rite of passage of disappointment and pain that one must endure to face the world.

Although bullying has often been considered a childhood rite of passage, the bullying of today isn't the same as yesteryear, in part because of new technology.

Here, as in his previous books, he also shows that for teenage guys, vulnerability and bravado go hand - in - hand, that friendships and father - son relationships don't have to be treacly to be real and vital, and that buying condoms may, in fact, be simultaneously the most embarrassing and hilarious rite of passage that a young man ever has to undertake... (Reviewed by Norah Piehl).

Increasingly popular among the working class in Kingston, Jamaica, the rites of passage are «powerful declarations of individuality: You may not have noticed me when I was alive, but you will damn well see me as I leave.»