Lifestyles That Are Taboo In The US, But Are Okay In Other Countries

BuzzFeed ^ | June 19, 2012

[presidio9]

Being A Polygamist

Most of us frown upon the idea of polygamy, but it's considered an acceptable lifestyle in many other places around the world. For instance in Africa, children are considered to be symbolic of wealth, so polygamy is an appealing lifestyle because of how quickly it allows families to grow.

Being Or Using A Prostitute

Prostitution has some terrible connotations in America, but in places like Germany, it's just like any other respectable profession. For instance, if you are unemployed for a year and refuse to take an available job (like being a prostitute), the government reserves the right to slash your unemployment benefits.

Being Sexually Attracted To Children

Pedophiles are the scum of society here, but in Greece, being sexually attracted to children is recognized as an ailment. Earlier this year, The Labor Ministry added pedophilia and kleptomania to the list of state-wide disabilities, and now gives people who "suffer" from such disorders more government assistance than people who have received organ transplants.

Drinking While Pregnant

American women generally avoid alcohol once they learn they're pregnant because they know how dangerous it can be for their babies. But as recently as 2008, 52% of French women admitted to having at least one drink during their pregnancies. Experts who analyzed the study concluded this was because there wasn't enough information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in France, and that some French women believe that regularly drinking small amounts of alcohol wouldn't affect their babies in any way.

[a fool in paradise]

The Sex Positive agenda wants to normalize EVERYTHING.

The goal is to end all moral judgments over ALL sexual pairings regardless of sex, age, relation, marital status, number, or species of partner(s). They consider orgasm a birthright to be enjoyed at every age possibly with as many partners as you can meet. Free love ain’t free.

[a fool in paradise]

Some parents in West Africa are selling their children into slavery to work on plantations.

So in a sense, many children ARE a symbol of wealth on that continent.

[Moltke]

Thanks for the link. I remember reading about a cleaning job, but that was much longer ago than this 2005 story.

Anyway, the courts have since decided that while the law in principle does not exclude such jobs, that no one should be pressured to actually do such work. I.e., it ain’t happenin’!

[Morgana]

They say prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. However there is another one that is even older that a woman could take up. A barber. All she needs is a razor and a shaving basin.

[Little Ray]

The more I know about other countries, the more I like the US.

[Boogieman]

“All she needs is a razor and a shaving basin.”

... and a barber’s license from the state, and meeting all the education, insurance, fees and other requirements of that license, and probably a business license as well, along with those requirements.