Wholesale Print Issue #23 — The Taboo Edition

Keeping Up With The Taboos lyrics: Julian Wiehl Taboos are unwritten laws that prohibit within a society or group from doing or addressing certain things. And that is precisely why taboos are not always easy to recognize as such. One more reason for us to take a closer look. Our taboos tell us where we really stand as a society or group. That is why it is important to define the group first, because a society is anything but homogeneous. The way I dress in the club, I can barely go to the family party, and with the street slang “Bro,” “Bitch,” and “Oida, what's up? “I can't really score that much with my employer. Taboos are a matter for the respective group and depend to the highest degree on the situation. When you hear the word taboo, you like to think of sexual taboos, because they are often quite visible. Non-heterosexual practices, for example, have even been punishable in the recent past.