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Originally Posted by Merika
We now discuss it openly and it doesn't seem of a tabu as it once did. The big embarassment isn't there. So....maybe it's all the same....we just accept it and don't cover it up. Kids don't care as much because society doesn't make such a big deal out of it.
Just a thought.
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Not just a thought. A very important piece to the puzzle. And what is the impact / non-impact of the lack of embarassment most people experience? There are no one-dimensional answers to that, as people differ enormously.
Another thing:
For instance, in the Netherlands all major crimes (except murders but these are mostly accounted for by criminals) are on a downward trend for ten years straight. Most people feel as if it is evermore on the increase, which simply is not true.
I believe something similar can be said of the US. However, coverage time of chases, trials and such has increased dramatically, thus fuelling the belief that crime is on the increase.
It is very hard to maintain a tabu on sexuality or violence when our culture is full of both. If the average kid in the US sees x-thousands of deaths, murders and such on television, death becomes something wholly different from "death" in the tabued version.