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The anticipation of ‘starting’ and the focus of interest that it becomes for many young people underline just how important the menarche is as a life-cycle event. As such, it can be understood in terms of the sociological concept of a ‘status passage’ (Glaser and Strauss 1971; see also Newton 2012).
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Newton, V.L. (2016). Managing Menstruation: The Menarche and Status Passage. In: Everyday Discourses of Menstruation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48775-9_5
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