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chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 10 hours agoI’d never even thought of this before. Can you explain the difference between taboo and stigmatized? I thought you generally risk being stigmatized any time you break a taboo.
FishFace@piefed.social 9 hours ago
I don’t think I’m using technical terminology, so I’m just explaining how I see two different concepts.
The important difference I’m getting it is that taboo things can have a “proper place” - pooping in the toilet is fine, doing it in the woods is not. You can expect stigma if you violate the taboo by pooping on the woods, but doing do in the right place is fine!
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Ahhh so you would say some sexual fetishes are stigmatized rather than taboo? Like if someone walked in on a person doing various sexual acts, the situation would be embarrassing regardless but only certain things would be scandalous.
FishFace@piefed.social 42 minutes ago
Yes, I’d after with that