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=== [[Real Life]] ===

* Japan has the [[wikipedia:Seijin shiki|Coming of Age Day]] for reaching twenty and the eating of Red Beans And Rice for a girl's first menarche.

* America (and other parts of the western world) has the Sweet Sixteen; less formally, getting your first car (representing freedom and responsibility), turning the age of consent, [[Sex as Rite-Of-Passage|losing your virginity]], turning 21 (or being old enough to legally drink), and graduating from high school and/or college are also seen as major steps towards adulthood.

* America (and other parts of the western world) has the Sweet Sixteen; less formally, getting your first car (representing freedom and responsibility), turning the age of consent, [[Sex as Rite-of-Passage|losing your virginity]], turning 21 (or being old enough to legally drink), and graduating from high school and/or college are also seen as major steps towards adulthood.

** [[Patton Oswalt]] has joked that the proper ceremony for turning 18, being the year one gains the ability to vote and/or buy a gun, should be to shoot a bullet through a ballot.

* Women of high society mark their first formal debut in high society with debutante balls. The [[Pimped-Out Dress]] is an important part of this. Also called a [[Have a Gay Old Time|coming-out party]].