The Poem "Rites of Passage" is one that all can relate to. Being a male, I laugh when I read it. I can picture myself there at the birthday party having that exact same conversation when I was just a child. This scene is a classic for all young males. What makes the poem just as funny is that women can look at it and laugh too. Whether they have children, younger brothers, or nephews I'm sure they have experiences that can relate.
It's hilarious to me that it is assumed that us men will grow out of this stage where we always need to prove ourselves and cling to our pride. That's just it though, Olds calls them "short men" for that very reason; They don't grow out of it. We don't grow out of it. Don't get me wrong, there are some of us that "mature" and do let go of these childish behaviors. I believe that I am one. But, at any given time in a heated basketball game I'll stick out my chest and return to these vary behaviors that I often make fun of.
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