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Taboos, Heretics And Moral Fashion
2008-02-12 08:13:00 An interesting and very thought provoking essay. First time I read it was back in 2004 and I’ve periodically re-read it about five times since. Really worth the read! Paul Graham http://www.paulgraham.com/say.h-tml January 2004 (This essay is about heresy: how to think forbidden thoughts, and what to do with them. The latter was till recently something ...
By: ZA Vibes
Taboos of renal transplantation and relative contraindication?
2008-01-13 08:25:00 At the same time uremic patients suffering from cancer, chronic respiratory failure, severe vascular disease, coagulation mechanism disorder, intractable heart failure, mental illness, severe malformation of the urinary tract and difficultTo cure infected persons are not suitable for renal transplantation.Uremia with the more serious coronary heart disease and certain glomerulonephritis, polycystic kidney disease with more serious liver polycystic renal transplantation should carefully. Because of postoperative infection and severe liver damage, short-term recurrence nephropathy and coronary heart diseaseHeart attacks increase the risk of accidents has increased significantly.source:China TCM web-China
Chinese pregnancy superstitions and taboos
2007-11-29 18:07:00 Label me superstitious but when it comes to pregnancy, I found myself being extra wary of supertitions and taboos even after baby Clarisse was born. Lots of people say I’m old fashioned, that these old-wives tales are bogus and cause you unnecessary worries. So why bother! I hate to say this but speaking from personal experience, ...
By: Momma's Diary
Sex and Taboos in the Islamic World
2007-07-26 18:42:00 Sex is a taboo in conservative Islamic countries. Young, unmarried couples are forced to seek out secret erotic oases. Books and play that are devoted to the all too human topic of sex incur the wrath of conservative religious officials and are promptly banned. Rabat, Morocco. Every evening Amal the octopus vendor looks on as sin returns to his beach. It arrives in the form of handholding couples who hide behind the tall, castle-like quay walls in the city's harbor district to steal a few clandestine kisses. Some perform balancing acts on slippery rocks and seaweed to secure a spot close to the Atlantic Ocean and cuddle in the dim evening light. The air tastes of salt and hashish. On some mornings, when Amal finds used condoms on the beach, he wishes that these depraved, shameless sinners -- who aren't even married, he says -- would roast in hell. Cairo, Egypt. A hidden little dead-end street in Samalik, a posh residential neighborhood, with a view of the Nile. Those who live her...
Wedding Taboos Part 8: Spare Not the Widows
2007-07-20 14:17:00 It is never fair for women especially if thier husbands passed away at the prime of their lives. Who is to be blamed? Not the husband of course. The women will be blamed for be ill-fated and bring bad luck to their husbands. Brides are advised not to get too near to widows for fear they may encounter ...
By: My Wedding Blog
Wedding Taboos Part 7: No One Night Stand
2007-07-19 18:48:00 One night stand has been really common among our society. Even teenagers as young as nine years old do know what it really means and you may be surprised that some teenagers tell you that it is an “in” thing nowadays to sleep around. Some teenagers as young as thirteen stay overnight in their boyfriend’s or ...
By: My Wedding Blog
Wedding Taboos Part 6: Having Sex at The Wrong Place
2007-07-18 15:56:00 Being very conservative Asian Chinese, our parents still do not share much about sex education with us. And the children are expected to be taught in schools through science or some sexual education or they can figure out themselves while growing up and doing sexual experiment. Parents still avoid talking about sex and they push the responsibilty ...
By: My Wedding Blog
Wedding Taboos Part 5: Making noise in the newly-wed room
2007-07-16 17:00:00 Have you heard of your friends wanting to party in your room after the wedding dinner? Some of the more sensitive friends may give excuse not to party till so late as the wedding couples have proper “business” to handle that first married night. The real reason is everyone is dog tired after one whole year of ...
By: My Wedding Blog
Wedding Taboos Part 4: Is this your 3rd time being bridesmaid?
2007-07-12 16:09:00 Some ladies jump at every opportunity to be bridesmaids. Some need to carefully think about it for some time before they commit to the task. Here, we are seeing 2 different types of bridesmaids. From experience, we were lucky that my wife’s bridesmaids were very committed and responsible. Part of the smooth running of our wedding ...
By: My Wedding Blog
Wedding Taboos Part 3: Walking Under Pants
2007-07-10 19:20:00 from images.della.com According to Chinese wedidng customs, it is always ideal for the elder brother to get married first, followed by the younger ones. However, there will be times when the younger brother get married first. It is unrealistic for him to forgo his wedding plan just because his elder brother has yet to find his ideal ...
By: My Wedding Blog
Wedding Taboos Part 2: Compatibility of Chinese Horoscopes
2007-07-10 09:15:00 According to the Chinese horoscopes, we have 12 animals signs. And depending on which year each of us is born in, we have a different horoscope sign. There was a belief that two dragons cannot be staying together as they are both very fierce and domineering and will not give way to others. There were also other ...
By: My Wedding Blog
Wedding Taboos: 7 Taboos You Ought to Know For Your Big Day
2007-07-09 17:20:00 Though our society has advanced much nowadays, when it comes to wedding taboos, many Chinese families still do their best to avoid them on such big occassions. There are some Chinese wedding taboos that I would like to talk about in these few days and coincidentally, there were very similar to what I have heard about ...
By: My Wedding Blog
Wedding Taboos Part 1: 7 Taboos You Ought to Know For Your Big Day
2007-07-09 17:20:00 from astrologycom.com Though our society has advanced much nowadays, when it comes to wedding taboos, many Chinese families still do their best to avoid them on such big occassions. There are some Chinese wedding taboos that I would like to talk about in these few days and coincidentally, there were very similar to what I have heard ...
By: My Wedding Blog
Mexican women defy taboos, prejudice to work in mines
2007-05-31 13:30:00 Chihuahua (Mexico), May 31 (IANS) Two hundred women have overcome male chauvinism and superstition to carve out a niche - albeit tiny - in Mexico’s expanding mining industry, reports the Spanish news agency EFE. Resistance to females in mining springs both from the sexism that remains rampant in Mexico and from miners’ lore, which holds that ...
By: Latest News
Beirut erotic art seeks to shatter Arab taboos
2007-04-30 17:34:00 via BonezSalim YassineAFP April 29, 2007 BEIRUT -- Two female artists in Lebanon are pushing the boundaries with their new exhibition called Erotika, which, with its depictions of female sexuality, has sparked mixed reactions. Using vivid colors, the pair are showing images of fetishism, homosexuality, and even masturbation in a Beirut art show they hope will help to break taboos in the usually conservative Arab world. Artists Nayla Karam and Maria Sarkis are displaying their Warhol-like pop art in a joint exhibition at a gallery in the Lebanese capital's northern Christian suburbs. In "Auto-eroticism" for example, Sarkis presents a sensual depiction in green and pink of a woman who may be masturbating, a hand under her panties. In yet brighter colors but smooth lines, another painting called "The Mirror" shows a close encounter between the faces and breasts of two apparent lesbians. "I've been working on the theme of eroticism for a year. The 'mo...
By: Munaeem's Blog
Parents: How To Deal With Adolescent Taboos
0000-00-00 00:00:00 The adolescent years can be quite troublesome for the teenager. The body is changing, and your teenager begins to ask questions which were previously not even thought about one of life's taboos.
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