He suggests that the intensity of the rite is a bit like brain washing or ecstatic religious conversion and makes the subject more amenable to suggestion and able to make radical changes in outlook and belief. In this state of heightened suggestibility, the person being initiated can be more quickly and effectively conditioned to his new, adult, place in society. It is possible that all rites of passage are able to have similar effects. They may have unpleasant aspects, but their end result is beneficial, enabling a major change in lifestyle to be accepted quickly and easily.