Originally posted by: AdamwankenobiOriginally posted by: Everescent
Take, for example, the need to expel waste. You don't casually bring up in a conversation: "Man, I just took the biggest dump," or "I love taking a piss, it's such a relief." The same goes for the fulfillment of other needs/urges (depending on your perspective) such as masturbation. It's one of those private things that you just keep to yourself. It's not pleasant to talk about, so people don't, and let's face it- the world is not 100% mature. People are often uncomfortable talking about sex, intimacy, what have you. It is partially for the sake of these people that you don't talk about these things, and partially because of cultural conditioning.
Exactly what I suspected. People are uncomfortable with themselves, therefore they don't want to discuss themselves. People are ashamed that they have certain human features and characteristics. I will never understand what there is to be so ashamed of. But I'm 110% sure that social conditioning plays a large role in it all. It's amazing to me how so many concepts of being human (such as masculine/feminine ideas, sexuality, religion, norms, taboos, etc.) don't even exist to a person when they are born. And it never would if not for social conditioning. All of this pops up when a child begins to grow and be informed of these things by parents, friends, etc. It's like language, accents, etc.; It's all a part of the culture that you live in that determines what is acceptable.
The community determine what is acceptable (many times based on traditional ways of thought), rather than individuals determining such things for themselves. That is what upsets me. Becuase of this, individuality and new or different ideas of living seem to be greatly frowned upon in our society.
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