• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I’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
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      54 minutes 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!