David Sooby wrote:

> Regarding the social convention of the "coming-out ceremony" (or
> quinceañera) for girls:  That is a relic of an era when the role of a
> "proper" girl in society was to find the right man to marry.  The fact
> that the ceremony it has religious and even pre-Christian origins is
> certainly relevant to the ceremony's traditions, but the actual
> importance of the ceremony is social, not religious.  It's announcing
> to society "This girl is on the market for suitors, and eventually to
> be married if a suitable match can be found."  To be blunt, it's a
> mating ritual— not a religious ceremony.

Just how do you conceive of Paula Quinton handling a mating ritual? I
can easily picture her turning the ceremony into a bacchanal event with
actual copulation on the visual menu.

She certainly isn't an upper class debutante.