This shows how little the basic Western mindset has changed from the days of imperialism, colonies, and barbarian savages. I recall, in my anthropology course

This shows how little the basic Western mindset has changed from the days of imperialism, colonies, and barbarian savages. I recall, in my anthropology course of yore, encountering similar disparities between the WEIRD cultures and whatever people group we were studying. Nobody ever thought to put ourselves on the spectrum. It was always presented as 'us' vs 'them'. And 'we' were always the right way to do things, of course. That being said, I'm glad my culture didn't have such rituals for manhood.