Perfect adulthood, like hyper-masculinity and ultra-normality, has become the goal of most over-socialized human beings, and modern societies have begun to produce a large number of individuals whose ego-ideal includes the concept of adult maturity as defined by the dominant norms of the society.

— Ashis Nandy Traditions, Tyranny and Utopias: Essays in the Politics of Awareness (1987)

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