Monday 17 February 2014

Social taboos around the world

What is taboos?
taboos is a vehement prohibition of an action based on the belief that such behavior is either too sacred or too accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake, under threat of supernatural punishment such prohibition are present in virtually all societies. Taboos comes from tongan tapu or Fijan means prohibited,disallowed and forbidden and its related among others to the Maori Tapu.

What is social taboos?

Social taboo is , a practice , habit , or any material object or abstract thing that's is not in conformity with accepted practice in that's society , and hence discouraged by the members of that society and community.It would depend on various things such as the annual , country, language denomination , ethnic differences, or how orthodox or unorthodox generally the majority of those societies are . For instance , in the Asian Countries, even in 2008, smoking or taking alcohol in public places is considered taboo . Men shaking hands with women is considered a taboo by the Muslim countries. Marrying outside one 's Caste is still considered a taboo in India and in some of the south east asian countries.Further , what was considered social taboo in the past , with the passage of time and the society becomes when progressive in its thinking , can become acceptable .No hard and fast , the rule of the thumb , cans be laid down as to what is exactly a taboo . If one attempts to prepare an exhaustive list of socially banned items , or practices, or customs , then it should be really educative and probably the person can start some academic research with standard and poor information.Anything that's is forbidden , unmentionable , unthinkable , Prohibited , proscribed , outlawed , and inviolable by the majority of the people the coop you live , find the safely be classified as social taboo .To widen your comprehension of this bizarre and grotesque word , which is fulled by the force of the so called conformists who safely label others as a renegade , kindly pose this question under the Psychology category , and see what replies folks who pour from our sitting behind Their curtain of subjective normality , call others Abnormal , and banish Those who practice these taboos

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  1. Hi I am writing an article on norms. May I use your image?

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