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Parent topics
- Ritual [r]: Set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value, which is prescribed by a convention or by the traditions of a community. [e]
- Child abuse [r]: The act of intentionally harming a child, or the results of that act. [e]
- Infanticide [r]: Intentionally causing the death of an infant [e]
Subtopics
- Satanic ritual abuse [r]: The infliction of nonconsensual rituals, based on Satanic symbols or belief [e]
- Circumcision [r]: In male humans, removal, by cutting, of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis; may be for cultural, medical, or religious reasons, or as a rite of passage [e]
- Female genital manipulation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gang [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hazing [r]: Rituals designed to bring about close bonding in groups, sometimes considered abusive. [e]
- Infanticide [r]: Intentionally causing the death of an infant [e]
- Initiation [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Moral panic [r]: A condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests; its nature is presented in a stylized and stereotypical fashion by the mass media; the moral barricades are manned by editors, bishops, politicians and other right-thinking people; socially accredited experts pronounce their diagnosis and solutions; ways of coping are revolved or (more often) resorted to. Stanley Cohen [e]
- Recovered memory [r]: Description given to the apparent memory of event(s) that, if they occurred, were previously forgotten for a relatively long time. [e]
- Rite of passage [r]: A particular type of ritual practice that accomplishes a change in an individual's status within a group. [e]
- Secret society [r]: A type of subculture with three characteristics: "it is exclusive, it claims to own special secrets, and it shows a strong inclination to favor its own" (Alan Axelrod). [e]