Domestic abuse and mental health remain taboo subjects for many Sikhs – with deadly consequences: shutterstock Nicola Palmieri The suicide of Mandeep Kaur caught the attention of people around the world. Kaur, a woman of Sikh heritage from Utter Pradesh in northern India and living in the US, posted a video on social media that …
Toilet taboo: we need to stop being squeamish about recycling human waste: merearts/Shutterstock When it comes to the humble toilet, most of us embrace a flush and forget approach that considers human excreta a waste product. But in a world experiencing climate change, this ignores the fact that organic waste can and must be recycled …
Incest isn’t a taboo in the animal kingdom – new study: Kletr/Shutterstock We humans tend to regard incest as deeply disturbing. It’s a strong social taboo, and it’s underpinned by sound biological reasoning. Mixing genes with a non-relative is beneficial because it increases genetic diversity, while genetic defects often occur in the offspring of related …
What Kenya needs to do to end the taboo of talking about ‘end of life care’: Talking about advance care planning should be seen as part of palliative care. Shutterstock Discussions about end-of-life care are deeply personal and grounded in cultural and religious values. Advance care planning is giving instructions on your medical care when …