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The list of "common courtesy" taboos more having to do with [[western world|western]] etiquette and respecting others, include topics on [[human sexuality|sexuality]], [[religion]], [[death]], [[disease]], [[natural disasters]], [[divorce]], [[politics]], [[crime]], [[justice]], [[money]] issues, [[gender]], [[race]]/[[ethnicity]] in order to avoid discriminatory and prejudiced attitudes, [[human rights]], [[oppression]], [[animal abuse]], [[child abuse]], [[domestic violence]], [[abortion]], [[miscarriage]], [[pregnancy]] and [[childbirth]], personal issues regarding one's [[age]], [[income]], [[height]], [[weight]] and appearance, and a variety of religious [[sin]]s are taboo, depending of their faith. [[Environmentalism]], other ecology-related issues and scientific [[controversy|controversies]] ([[human evolution]], [[eugenics]], [[in-vitro]] fertilization, human [[cloning]] and [[stem cell research]]) are often treated like a taboo by their controversial and divisive nature in the realm of politics, morality and religious belief. When not in "polite society", discussions on taboos are allowed in [[joke|humorous]] expression, such as [[comedy]] and [[satire]]. The list of "common courtesy" taboos more having to do with [[western world|western]] etiquette and respecting others, include topics on [[human sexuality|sexuality]], [[religion]], [[death]], [[disease]], [[natural disasters]], [[divorce]], [[politics]], [[crime]], [[justice]], [[money]] issues, [[gender]], [[race]]/[[ethnicity]] in order to avoid discriminatory and prejudiced attitudes, [[human rights]], [[oppression]], [[animal abuse]], [[child abuse]], [[domestic violence]], [[abortion]], [[miscarriage]], [[pregnancy]] and [[childbirth]], personal issues regarding one's [[age]], [[income]], [[height]], [[weight]] and appearance, and a variety of religious [[sin]]s are taboo, depending of their faith. [[Environmentalism]], other ecology-related issues and scientific [[controversy|controversies]] ([[human evolution]], [[eugenics]], [[in-vitro]] fertilization, human [[cloning]] and [[stem cell research]]) are often treated like a taboo by their controversial and divisive nature in the realm of politics, morality and religious belief. When not in "polite society", discussions on taboos are allowed in [[joke|humorous]] expression, such as [[comedy]] and [[satire]].
 +==See also==
 +* [[Censorship]]
 +* [[Deviance (sociology)|Deviance]]
 +* [[Etiquette]]
 +* [[Euphemism]]
 +* [[Faux pas]]
 +* [[Mores]]
 +* [[Norm (sociology)]]
 +* [[Obscenity]]
 +* [[Prejudice]]
 +* [[Prohibition]]
 +* [[Public morality]]
 +* [[Sacrilege]]
 +* [[Sacred]]
 +* [[Social stigma]]
 +* [[Stigmatic-eligibilic paraphilia]]
 +* [[ʻAi Noa]]
 +* [[Geis]]
 +* [[Great Taboo]]
 +* [[Haraam]]
 +* [[Herem (censure)|Herem]]
 +* [[Incest taboo]]
 +** [[Prohibited degree of kinship]]
 +* [[Kala pani (taboo)|Kala pani]]
 +* [[Kapu]]
 +* [[Menstrual taboo]]
 +* [[Taboo food and drink]]
 +** [[Cat meat]]
 +** [[Cattle in religion|Cattle]]
 +** [[Dietary laws]]
 +** [[Dog meat]]
 +** [[Entomophagy]]
 +** [[Halal]]
 +** [[Horse meat]]
 +** [[Kosher]] ([[Kashrut]])
 +** [[Kutti pi]]
 +** [[Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork|Pork]]
 +** [[Scottish pork taboo]]
 +** [[Siqqitiq]]
 +** [[Unclean animals]]
 +* [[Taboo on the dead]]
 +* [[Tapu (Polynesian culture)|Tapu]]
 +* [[Vestal Virgin]]
 +* [[Word taboo]]
 +** [[Minced oath]]
 +** [[Mother-in-law languages]]
 +** [[Names of God]]
 +** [[Naming taboo]]s
 +** [[Political correctness]]
 +** [[Seven dirty words]]
 +** [[Taboo against naming the dead]]
 +** [[Taboo on rulers]]
==See also== ==See also==
* [[Bias]] * [[Bias]]

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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("List of Prohibited Books") is a list of publications which the Catholic Church censored for being a danger to itself and the faith of its members. The various editions also contain the rules of the Church relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of immoral books or works containing theological errors and to prevent the corruption of the faithful.
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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("List of Prohibited Books") is a list of publications which the Catholic Church censored for being a danger to itself and the faith of its members. The various editions also contain the rules of the Church relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of immoral books or works containing theological errors and to prevent the corruption of the faithful.

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A taboo is a strong social prohibition (or ban) against words, objects, actions, discussions, or people that are considered undesirable or offensive by a group, culture, or society. Breaking the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent. Some taboo activities or customs are prohibited under law and transgressions may lead to severe penalties. Other taboos result in embarrassment, shame and rudeness.

Many contemporary artists deal with taboo images and ideas, or known to exhibit or discuss taboo subjects and issues, including Maurizio Cattelan.

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Taboos can include dietary restrictions (halal and kosher diets, religious vegetarianism, and the prohibition of cannibalism), restrictions on sexual activities, gender roles and relationships (sex outside of marriage, adultery, intermarriage, miscegenation, homosexuality, incest, animal-human sex, pedophilia, necrophilia and paraphilias), restrictions of bodily functions (burping, flatulence, defecation, urination, masturbation, nosepicking, and spitting), restrictions on state of genitalia such as circumcision or sex reassignment, exposure of body parts, pornography and nudity esp. in the US), illicit drugs, substance abuse, alcoholism, bodily pain, medical surgery, satanism or devil worship, restrictions on the use of offensive language also known as obscenity and vulgarity, and other topics/subjects that provoke emotional angst or may disturb people to discomfort. Some taboos originated by acts of authority, be it legal, social and religious, over a period of time.

The list of "common courtesy" taboos more having to do with western etiquette and respecting others, include topics on sexuality, religion, death, disease, natural disasters, divorce, politics, crime, justice, money issues, gender, race/ethnicity in order to avoid discriminatory and prejudiced attitudes, human rights, oppression, animal abuse, child abuse, domestic violence, abortion, miscarriage, pregnancy and childbirth, personal issues regarding one's age, income, height, weight and appearance, and a variety of religious sins are taboo, depending of their faith. Environmentalism, other ecology-related issues and scientific controversies (human evolution, eugenics, in-vitro fertilization, human cloning and stem cell research) are often treated like a taboo by their controversial and divisive nature in the realm of politics, morality and religious belief. When not in "polite society", discussions on taboos are allowed in humorous expression, such as comedy and satire.

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