As we all know the practice of imposing a Rite of Passage for young men is lost to us like knighthood and duels. One Rite of Passage I can draw from is the short story " Through the Tunnel" which was about a boy who swam through an underwater tunnel that clearly tested your lung capacity, determination, and endurance. When he returned to the beach he didn't even tell his mother, he just knew he walked the world as a man. Some others I have heard of in real life are sticking your hand in a glove full of red ants, putting your hand on an ember until it dies, and sitting in the fetal position for three days and unclenching as your joints to be reborn as a man. For women I have heard of having each hair pulled out from their head 1 by 1 by the follicle, but that's more of a worthy of marriage thing.

My rite of passage:

At the dentist's office I was getting a tooth sawed down and replaces with a cap. The Dentist injects whatever kills the pain but he killed only a third of it. I sat cringing with my eyes rolling back into my head and clenching my fist as electric shocks of pure pain traveled from my molars to the back of my skull then to my forehead. Time had been distorted, I felt like my teeth would literally shatter from the pain, and I felt no numb or dull ache; it was all sharp. Not a single wince, sound, or twitch spasm out of me. The dentist could see me in pain and asked if I wanted more pain killers.

I said no.

He asked if I was sure.

I said yes.

I was 15 at the time. Near the age my grandfather passed out in the fields doing chores at 5 am before school from a toothache. If I had asked for more painkillers he'd get off his old achy ass, run to the office, slap the dentist, punch me in the gut, and tell me how much I didn't deserve my last name. I just couldn't have that.

I don't get jealous of modern men for their fancy cars, their Rolex, model tier arm candy, or money entitled arrogance. I sleep better knowing those bitches would have asked for more painkillers.

If any other man here has had a similar experiences please share and discuss for it is a dying concept that needs to reprise to kill of the horrors of today such as 3rd wave feminism and this video: https://youtu.be/jzgDtmAGeBg

Can we go back to a world where we aren't afraid to do things like this( below) when needed to? https://youtu.be/zoJizBrXR08