Sentences with phrase «of societal taboos»

With the reduction of cinematic censorship and the erosion of societal taboos, the exploitation film rose to popularity in the late 1960s, trailing the rise of drive - ins and grindhouse theatres.

This breakdown of societal taboos against lemur hunting, a study now shows, combined with weak enforcement of wildlife laws, is contributing to a rise in illegal lemur poaching in the country.

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Recent years have witnessed a general assault upon, and consequent weakening of, societal taboos.

Which societal taboos are a result of immutable, divinely mandated morals and which are relative to the time / place / society?

With the realization of possible therapeutic benefits of psychedelics to reduce anxiety and chronic pain, however, the societal taboos against scientific research on their neurobiology have somewhat relaxed.

In the past, people who just wanted some hot sex had to jump through all kinds of societal hoops and taboos that stopped all but the most daring to be as naughty as they would want to be.

Taboos, fetishes, political upheaval, and the functions of the human body are some of the great unifiers of humanity, and Gilbert & George have long offered scathing and unsanitized societal critique.

Responding to present day societal urgencies, Alara's site - specific installation and public engagement project SMILE addresses the spectre of mental illness, a taboo topic.

Katarzyna Kozyra is feminist artist, widely known by her controversial installations Animal Pyramide, Blood relationship (1995), Olympia (1996), Bath House (1997 - 1999) in which she addresses taboo themes such as industry of animal killing, sexuality of the woman body affected by cancer, topics of intimacy or processes of societal gender construction and gender - related pop girls star style clichés.

I am of the opinion that I have much value to add to your facility as my vision is not barred by societal pressures and the taboo with which people treat mental health issues.

Sex between adults and children has been a societal taboo so strong that it's considered one of our few unquestioned moral principles.