just wondering what your thoughts are on this! what are some behaviors considered abnormal in our society?

Question

other than violent, what are some behaviors that our society considers abnormal? and then describe how it is normal in other cultures. thanks!!

Answer 1

Try this website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abnormality_(behavior)

Answer 2

Incest. It isn't normal in any culture, unless you're an animal.

And, if you're in the United States - eating healthy is considered abnormal. Doctor's are urging everyone to do it, and to get more exercise, but people just don't. Restaurants even have to remove healthy alternatives from their menus sometimes because the items aren't selling. Of course I"m not saying everyone is like that - I'm a health freak and I live here, but most people are gluttons. It grosses me out. Then they give people who eat healthy and exercise a hard time and treat you like you're a freak.

Answer 3

In our puritanical society, it's considered abnormal for a man to share his wife with a visitor under his tarpaper roof or - in other times - his igloo. This was considered the height of hospitality and was generally accepted as quite normal. Until the Spaniards, English and Scots - with their hypocritical missionaries - arrived to rape and pillage the land, and the practice went out of fashion.

Answer 4

First thing that comes to mind is mind altering substances, for many thousands of years people have taken natural mind altering substances and only in the past 100 years has it been made illegal and somehow wrong, of course drug addiction is not good for society and not good for those addicted but in many cultures natural mind altering substances are perfectly normal and a part of the culture and way of life, for example the Shamen and Medicine Men of the tribes all knew what herbs, mushrooms, cacti, vines etc. had the "magical" properties and people took them ceremoniously and communally and I bet going back as far as the cave man that it has been thought of as mystical and spiritual and now in this day it is demonized and illegal and the jails are filled with people caught in possession of, but of course the most dangerous drugs are legal, taxed and made readily available.

Answer 5

Most Americans have very intense negative reactions to seeing parts of human bodies in public.

A good example of this is the "custume malfunction" event.

In most of European countries, topless sunbathing is just a normal occurance, and people will think nothing of it. Instead, we have laws that criminizes such activities. An extreme example can be laws that prohibits nursing babies in public.

Most of these intense reactions are by adults who has already seen body parts and on daily basis. While many cites "for the protection of children", funny thing is, kids think nothing of it, if adults didn't make big deal out of it.

Answer 6

refusing to leave a tip or making loud noises while dining. in many european countries it's standard to leave very little for a tip and can be perceived as rude if you over tip. in other places it's a sign that you're pleased with the meal if you make loud noises (slurping etc) and if you don't you don't like what you're eating. there are regional differences within our own society as well. eating snake would be considered normal in mississippi but not in southern california

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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