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Content: In a way, it creates 
a kind of psychological round table that would have made King Arthurproud. As observed by the National Times in January 1978, 
"In tribal 
    societies in which gift giving is economically important, there may be exchange 
    of gift giving of identical (or useless) gifts which serve to maintain the relationship 
    between donors. In Australia, the ritual of the round, known virtually to all 
    adult members of society, has some parrallel functions. It symbolise entry to 
    a group (and, for that matter, makes pointed an exclusion). It binds a group together." The round is also a reason why non-sexual 
relationships between men and women are very common in Australia. A lone woman 
can go out drinking with men and provided she buys her round, she will be treated 
as one of the boys. In other cultures around 
the world, if a woman goes out drinking with men, she will generally be seen as 
a slut. Men are always thinking of her gender because they know they have to pay 
for her. The rounds are not always followed 
in night-clubs.