2/did, otherwise they might shun you or yell at you. "Maybe you should have thought of that before you masturbated", they say if you try to explain this. So you try not to masturbate, so you can be honest. But it's extremely hard, and eventually you fuck up and masturbate.
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3/This is tragic. This puts you into a horrible position with your community, where your basic needs that harm nobody are at odds with other things you value, like honesty and communication and being accepted. You can find this more commonly in strict communities, but not only.-
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4/How do we tell if something is a "difficult cultural standard" by this definition? To qualify, it must: 1. Not hurt anybody 2. Be difficult to avoid doing/relating to base needs So: Do you have any examples of actions that are violations of social morality, but don't hurt-
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5/anybody (beyond the strictly constructed/cultural impact, e.g., "you hurt me so much by breaking my trust to go masturbate like that"), and are difficult to avoid doing (such that a significant percentage of the population does this despite harsh social stigma)?
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then get off twitter and start screaming in the streets or something
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i think it’s just being honest that gets you social stigma. in general the stigma is to keep people from being too honest and straightforward, because this would produce unruly individuals rather than societally coordinative units. everyone has to be on their toes a bit ...
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As a bonus, those pointless rules serve as morally safe way to practice non-conformity.
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Reading the series of tweets and all I could think about is what it's like being an atheist in most parts of the country.
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