Forms
Rite
Rite noun - An oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules.
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Many cultures have various forms of genital cutting/modification, often performed as a rite of passage.
Source: Meatgrinder Surgery - It's eventually revealed that this is her repressed Yuuzhan Vong personality, Riina, trying to assert herself (the Vong practice ritual scarring- and at high level, other forms of Body Horror- as a status symbol and religious rite).
Source: Self-Harm - Sex as Rite-of-Passage is averted early on, as the fact that he sired a child with an imperial concubine, while his fellow disciple (the founder of said sect) imparted a powerful technique to the Emperor, not only forms part of his backstory but arises later as an important plot point.
Source: Man Child / Literature
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