What is Taboo?
by Becka Gregory
Taboo: A ban or an inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
Freud concludes in his writings Totoem and Taboo that there are only two universal taboos; incest and the act of killing ones father.
All U.S. states allow marriage between second cousins and over half of the 50 U.S. states allow marriage between first cousins.
What is normal?
In March 2008, the Philippines legalized the sale and purchase of human organs.
Eating penis meat in China is thought to bring sexual vitality. In Beijing, a high-class restaurant serves penis meat as the main dish. The most expensive dish on the menu is Seal penis, which costs the equivalent to U.S. $500.00. Businessmen and government officials are the most common customers of the restaurant.
Normal: The usual or expected state, form, amount, or degree
In New Guinea, girls are tattooed for weeks at a time to signify their transition into women. The tattoo is on their face, and is made from a mixture of blood and ash.
Some Catholics and Christians believe that mental diseases such as depression can be cured through exorcism.
What is usual?
Some members of the Mormon faith have multiple wives.
Fiji islanders arrange for their children to be married when they are three or four years old. A ceremony is preformed when they are children and it is binding until they mature to adults.
In New Delhi, Shiite Muslim men and boys participate in the Muhurrum festival, honoring one of the Muslim faith’s key members. In the ceremony they self mutilate until the streets are covered with the blood of the faithful.
Usual: occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
In Senegal Africa, it is common for men to hold hands as a sign of friendship.
It’s a cultural tradition in some parts of Africa to mutilate the female genitals as a girl enters womanhood.
Many indigenous tribes from Africa, Australia, and other places in the world use hallucinogenic drugs for religious experiences.
What is regular?
The U.S. recently okayed the use of embryonic stem cells in medical research.
In the last ten years, multiple Catholic Priests were accused of molesting young boys.
Regular: conforming to a standard or pattern.
One in every nine black male adults are in prison. One in every thirty-six Hispanic males adults are incarcerated. One in every one hundred white adult males are in prison. White people make up 80% of U.S. population, black people make up 12.8%, and Hispanics make up only 15.1%
What isn’t taboo?
Taboo: A ban or an inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
Freud concludes in his writings Totoem and Taboo that there are only two universal taboos; incest and the act of killing ones father.
All U.S. states allow marriage between second cousins and over half of the 50 U.S. states allow marriage between first cousins.
What is normal?
In March 2008, the Philippines legalized the sale and purchase of human organs.
Eating penis meat in China is thought to bring sexual vitality. In Beijing, a high-class restaurant serves penis meat as the main dish. The most expensive dish on the menu is Seal penis, which costs the equivalent to U.S. $500.00. Businessmen and government officials are the most common customers of the restaurant.
Normal: The usual or expected state, form, amount, or degree
In New Guinea, girls are tattooed for weeks at a time to signify their transition into women. The tattoo is on their face, and is made from a mixture of blood and ash.
Some Catholics and Christians believe that mental diseases such as depression can be cured through exorcism.
What is usual?
Some members of the Mormon faith have multiple wives.
Fiji islanders arrange for their children to be married when they are three or four years old. A ceremony is preformed when they are children and it is binding until they mature to adults.
In New Delhi, Shiite Muslim men and boys participate in the Muhurrum festival, honoring one of the Muslim faith’s key members. In the ceremony they self mutilate until the streets are covered with the blood of the faithful.
Usual: occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
In Senegal Africa, it is common for men to hold hands as a sign of friendship.
It’s a cultural tradition in some parts of Africa to mutilate the female genitals as a girl enters womanhood.
Many indigenous tribes from Africa, Australia, and other places in the world use hallucinogenic drugs for religious experiences.
What is regular?
The U.S. recently okayed the use of embryonic stem cells in medical research.
In the last ten years, multiple Catholic Priests were accused of molesting young boys.
Regular: conforming to a standard or pattern.
One in every nine black male adults are in prison. One in every thirty-six Hispanic males adults are incarcerated. One in every one hundred white adult males are in prison. White people make up 80% of U.S. population, black people make up 12.8%, and Hispanics make up only 15.1%
What isn’t taboo?
