It is no surprise why these white women are fighting for their right to be equal to men if their culture discourages their role as women. On the other hand, table culture celebrates newly grown girls. Tohe said of her experience becoming an adult: "When Changing Woman reached puberty, she underwent a four-day coming-of-age ceremony that is still practiced among traditional families... The initiate participates in an event celebrating her transformation from girl to woman." (2). They celebrate this change as an entire tribe to help the girls understand how to deal with all the new changes that are happening to them. They support each other during this process to enhance each member of the tribe, or as Tohe said, “During this ceremony, my body was recognized, celebrated, and prepared for the role of a mature woman. Reaching puberty was not a shameful, dirty, terrible experience. Celebrating puberty with the Kinaalda ceremony introduces the young woman to a society that values her.”(3). In culinary culture, the ceremony that celebrates the transformation from girl to woman is called Kinaalda. The second element for the absence of the word feminism in culinary culture is cultural education in reaching
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