Absence of rites of passage

Name(s): 
Unstructured initiation ceremonies
Disrupted rites of passage
Inappropriate rites of passage
Claim 
The absence of rites of passage leads to a serious breakdown in the process of maturing as a person. Young people are unable to participate in society in a creative manner because societal structures no longer consider it their responsibility to intentionally establish the necessary marks of passing from one age-related social role to another, such as: child to youth, youth to adult, adult to elder. The result is that society has no clear expectation of how people should participate in these roles and therefore individuals do not know what is required by society.
Broader 
Decline in rural customs and traditions
Undetermined procedures for adapting tradition-bound cultures
Disorientation of youth in a culturally turbulent environment
Narrower 
Denial of rites to the dead
Limited social guidance by older generations
Inadequate recognition by institutions of the transition through adolescence
Reduces 
Circumcision as a health hazard
Aggravates 
Personal life crises
Denial of right to cultural identity
Strategy(ies) 
Originating rites of passage
Disrupting rites of passage
Value(s) 
Absence
Disruption
Inappropriateness
Unstructured
Reference(s) 
Phillips, Angela: The Trouble with Boys
Tumbo-Masabo, Zubeida and Liljeström, Rita: Chelewa, Chelewa: the dilemma of teenage girls
Type 
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems