It stood in stark contrast to the film industry, where sexual assault was rampant and sex wasn’t a taboo topic, she said.
There’s levels of taboo, if you’re not even talking about sex between married people».
Ultimately, as Chiu says, «climbing through those layers of taboo as a young person seems insurmountable».
She said: «As a piece of entertainment it certainly ticked the box of a fantastic thriller but also what Jack and Harry did so cleverly was they wrote a thriller based around a subject matter which actually when our first season aired still felt very taboo.
The term ‘sex’ and ‘sexuality’ carries a lot of taboo within the premise of the school especially in presence of authority.
«We see the slow disappearance of the taboo around the intimacy and sexuality of people with disabilities.
But breaking the taboo concerns mainly men, according to figures from the association.
In today’s podcast, Gabe speaks with two psychologists about this very common but somewhat taboo issue.
Male rape was a taboo topic for many years, she explained.
Stigma and fear
AMMAN – Hundreds of women in Saudi Arabia are taking to social media to share their experiences of sexual harassment in a rare exploration of a taboo topic in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
In a society like Kashmir, it is believed that talking about the sexual abuse brings dishonour to the victim and her family and hence the topic has become a taboo.
Mr. Omer said that there is a social stigma attached to survivors of rape in the society and conversations around sexual abuse is considered a taboo.
But despite the government’s efforts to minimise incidents and the role played by media in creating awareness, having an open discussion with children about sexual violence remains taboo in Pakistani households – an attitude that significantly adds to the problem.
Speaking about the importance of sensitising children about sexual violence amid the growing number of incidents in Pakistan over the past five years, Karachi-based psychologist and counsellor Sana Akbar said that most parents are hesitant to talk about anything related to sexuality because the topic is considered culturally taboo.
It may be concluded that law can effectively be an instrument of deterrence only if people come forward to avail of the provision. » Being limited by stigma and taboo associated with sexual offence conversely only serve to encourage an environment to perpetrate such crimes and embolden potential offenders. »
With unaddressed sexual urges—right from childhood—and the concepts of choice and consent being conspicuously absent, sexual awareness has been eliminated altogether from the process of socialisation of a child as an individual. » Matters pertaining to sex remain out of the usual discourse at home. » Given the cultural consideration, »talking about sex is a taboo so it is avoided and ‘sex’ is a prohibited word,« said Dr. Shah
Comparing the disaster of not heeding the natural play of sexual instinct and equating that with a taboo to a flood, Dr Shah explained that when flood starts to surface, it is possible to mitigate its impact if adequate steps are taken in time; likewise, matters could be controlled and regulated in the stage of childhood if they are acknowledged and addressed. » »In childhood, an individual can imbibe the meanings of consent, respect, and choice,« he said.
Last week The Jakarta Post published a series of articles addressing the issue of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, which many may perceive as a »taboo« as it could undermine the Church’s authority. » It was the second time that the Post collaborated with Tirto.id after our joint investigative report on sexual abuse on campuses last year. » Our recent tandem effort followed a report published by a West Jakarta parish magazine last December about 56 cases of alleged sexual abuse within the Church community. »
But the fact that he was found guilty of a »code of ethics violation and has apologized for the disclosure, as stated by KWI chairman Ignatius Cardinal Suharyo, reveals that the Church is not ready yet to break the long-held taboo. »
This series resonated with so many precisely because it focused on the doubt that forms in many people’s minds around difficult, taboo themes. » It concentrated on the assumptions, the space between consent and coercion, the thoughts we habitually suppress, and the nuance of experience rarely shown in a TV industry that so often focuses on society’s extremities. » It has helped kickstart new conversations and behaviours. » »Rather than just expecting things to be OK by default, I’m actually asking questions,« says Kahar. »
Zara Hovhannisyan, an activist from the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women, says reluctance to file complaints with police can be explained by women’s fear of being shamed as a result of sexual violence, a »taboo topic in Armenia.
Gender-based violence is a traditionally seen as a taboo topic in Sierra Leone. » Only 12 years ago parliament passed its first gender equality laws in 46 years of independence, following lobbying efforts by women’s rights groups. »
A young author is to unveil a film which he shot all over the world talking to victims about the taboo surrounding sex abuse in the black community. »
In a society where sexual assault is viewed as taboo, the thought of even one assault happening is hard to fathom—let alone the probability of it reoccurring. »
#MeToo amplified a taboo topic, but at the same time our society has become desensitized to it. »
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Sexual harassment is taboo in the conservative Palestinian society, and female victims of harassment stay mum for fear of having their reputation tarnished. »
She added, «Our society needs campaigns such as #MeTooGaza. » We have to break the taboos, stop the denial and be more realistic.
In an interesting association, three film-makers and Prayas Health Group have come together to create Safe Journeys: a series of eight short films in Marathi. » Each film focuses on a different, pressing issue related to sex and sexuality faced by adolescents and youth. » Pune-based filmmaker Anupam Barve has directed four films for this series, while Alok Rajwade and Varun Narvekar have directed two films each. » The scripts are penned by five writers under the supervision and guidance received from Barve and the research team at Prayas. » Anjali Shetty speaks to Barve on the idea, dealing with taboo topics and more. »
Was it easy to work around these topics since it is considered a ‘taboo’ subject?
According to the dictionary, one of the definitions of sexuality is ‘capacity for sexual feelings’. » Child sexuality is a taboo. » Nobody talks about children exploring their sexuality, and engaging in sex play. » Yet it is an everyday reality around the world. »
What most grabbed me about all the above was not just the fullness of the reporting, but also the fact that such subjects are still very rare and treated like taboo across the Caribbean. »
And then there’s that other taboo in our macho Caribbean societies: sexual harassment and assault of men by women. »
But all this will only happen if, when and where such topics and issues are approached and treated by the region’s press as more than just sweet taboo, or sad and boring stories pregnant with facts and figures about sex crimes and/or related social societal matters involving invisible people without names, faces or photos. »
More mature intercourse of ideas in and through the press, inside-out, up, down and across the Caribbean, is absolutely essential if sex crimes and related taboos are to be addressed positively by the wider society with the fullness and depth needed to yield the desired fruits therefrom. »
It’s not an easy task, but all across the Caribbean this pipe is broken – and needs fixing fast!»Do you masturbate?«, »When did you first have sexual intercourse?«, »Did you ask for consent?« These are just some of the taboo-breaking questions I asked convicted rapists in a Delhi prison during interviews for my research. »
Yet sex and sexuality still remain taboo subjects in India. » Young children need to have a safe environment to discuss these issues. » This is important because ultimately, unless people have conversations about sexuality, the issue of sexual violence in India or in any other part of the world will never be addressed. »
Twitter: @dimah_alsharif»Do you masturbate?«, »When did you first have sexual intercourse?«, »Did you ask for consent? These are just some of the taboo-breaking questions I asked convicted rapists in a Delhi prison during interviews for my research. »
We are now living in the #Metoo era where more and more people are opening up about their own experiences of sexual violence. » Yet sex and sexuality still remain taboo subjects in India. » Young children need to have a safe environment to discuss these issues. » This is important because ultimately, unless people have conversations about sexuality, the issue of sexual violence in India – or in any other part of the world – will never be addressed. »
In Pakistan, sex education is taboo it is our belief talking about birds and the bees with children to make them immoral. » Nevertheless, the comprehensive study of birds and the bees familiarize children and adolescents about Sexually transmitted diseases , unintended pregnancies, and human embryo as well as about their body parts. » Sex Ed should be included in schools curriculum to overcome the rampant rate of child sexual abuse, rape cases, and STDs. »
In Islamic countries, talking about birds and the bees is taboo because of moral norms and ethical conduct of men. » In contrast, comprehensive sex-Ed does not instigate child to have sex other than to keep away adolescents from sexually transmitted diseases, abuse, and unintended pregnancies. »
But eventually, «I couldn’t stand it any more,» the 31-year-old said, of the moment she decided to break a taboo and publicly accuse the mayor of her small Serbian town of repeated sexual assault and harassment in the workplace. »
Earlier this year, Channel 4 aired 100 Vaginas, a joyful, taboo-busting documentary in which Laura Dodsworth interviewed 100 women and photographed their vulvas. » The series highlighted how little the issues that have most impact on women’s lives, from sexual violence to childbirth, infertility and menopause, are openly discussed. » This spring, the pop-up Vagina Museum – the first of its kind in the world – opened in Camden, north London, with the hope of breaking the stigma surrounding women’s bodies and sexuality, and has since launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to secure a permanent home. »
The text of this article was generated by the Breaking The Silence system that collected 29 news articles posted on the web from January 2019 to September 2020 and clustered for the taboo subject of sexual abuse and harassment
