What is Coming of age?
'''Coming of age''' is a young person moving on from being a [[child]] to being an [[adult]]. The specific age at which this happens takes place sometimes depends on societies and the nature of the change. It can be for legal reasons or can be part of a [[ritual]] or spiritual event. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change is often seen with the age of [[sexual maturity]] ([[puberty]]), especially [[menarche]] and [[spermarche]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Joseph|first1=Suad|title=Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediawome00jose_042|url-access=limited|date=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediawome00jose_042/page/n96 68]}}</ref> In others, it is connected with an age of religious responsibility. Many cultures have [[rite of passage|ceremonies]] to make the coming of age official. This transition has also become well known in cultural media such as through [[coming-of-age story|coming-of-age stories]] that have became genres in movies and stories. ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Society]]