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Is an alcohol ban necessary?
Immersed in the country's alcohol industry for a career that includes stints at Bacardi and Pernod, Mehta is both proud...
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Read moreChhaupadi or menstrual exile occurs throughout Nepal.
Last month, Parbati Buda Rawat, a 21-year-old woman, was found dead in a remote district of far-west Nepal after being...
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The porn festival will take place during Valentine’s weekend The term, which was thought-up by the founders of Bean Flicks –...
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Making love is an experience between two people which should bring intimacy on both a physical and emotional level. But...
Read moreIn Kenya, high-risk early pregnancy has long been a societal challenge.
Kenyan media exploded with a disturbing story last month: «Close to 4,000 school girls impregnated in Kenya during COVID-19 lockdown»,...
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Menses is generally perceived "unclean" and menstrual taboos are well described across many cultures. Although Western cultures have evolved from the...
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There’s a growing taboo in our society around the religion of Islam. Beyond the threats of violence, the taboo is also...
Read moreThe church’s concern with these issues is not new.
While the church became a welcome space for her to express her heritage, the community didn’t necessarily prove a comfortable...
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Breaking The Silence
Breaking The Silence uses machine learning methods to understand what are the contemporary taboo topics. It aims to highlight and bring to focus what topics are currently discussed as taboos. The generated summarizations underline the different topics discussed at different times and additionally the arguments for the creation, maintenance, or destruction of a taboo. Learn more.