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Taboos form the subset of mores that forbid a society's most outrageous behaviours such as incest and murder.
I'm not sure if I quite agree with two statements in the above sentence:
1. I disagree that incest is necessarily an "outrageous" behavior.
2. I think just about any society would outlaw murder, so is it a good example to use as a taboo?
66.92.165.123 00:50, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
Actaully, not to be too picky, however, naming any examples of "Taboo" behavior would essentailly violate the POV neutrality of the article. Perhaps if the culture(s) associated with recognizing a listed behavior as Taboo were succinctly listed, then it wouldn't violate the code.--68.249.239.193 21:58, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] irelevant (not just irreverant) image
What is the point of the attached image? Of the French 19th century gynecologist? It seems to to be saying that "here's an image of normal activity in one culture that's provocative in another". But it fails. How is what is depicted different from a modern Western physician giving a ob-gyn exam? It's not. I don't see how the picture illustrates the point of the article (can an abstract notion be illustrated?). This seems an excuse to display a titillating image. I will remove in a few weeks for lack of relevance.
[edit] Definition of Taboo
A taboo is not necessarily something that a culture finds wrong, but something it finds repulsive. In American society, I regret to admit that murder or rape are no longer taboos. It's not repulsive anymore because it's just so common that people have grown complacent with it all.
Are you completely morally retarded or just ignorant? To say that rape and murder aren’t taboo is completely ridiculous. In case you haven’t noticed people seem to get arrested for that AND upstanding members of society look down on it to say the least. Maybe in the hole you crawled out of murder, rape, and incest are socially acceptable, but in the rest of America all three are completely morally reprehensible, and so are your pessimistic comments. Jimmyjones22 05:40, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
I totally do not agree that murder and rape arent taboo anymore. to event think that both of these is not repulsive is totally inhumane. If society is that twisted that rape and murder have become a complacent thing to us then i must say that i feel very sorry for the generations to come. whats next it will be ok to have sex with your mother or sister????71.209.236.34 06:21, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Shall we add the taboos of beastiality and pedophelia?68.12.143.2 23:12, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
- Both would certainly be considered taboo, but not sure if we want to discuss those at any length. Use of Nazi emblems and paraphernalia is also considered a taboo, particularly in Germany and Europe. In some gangster culture, I am sorry to say, murder may not be considered a taboo, but everywhere else it is. Unless, of course, we consider the context of war, which by necessity includes killing, and may even include rape. Userafw (talk) 10:40, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
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