The meta lesson of the Freudians is that any taboo will have explanatory power simply because it affects behavior but can’t be talked about. But it won’t necessarily explain much.
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I've read that they overlap, and you can see this in the terms that different languages use for swears. The three categories are religion / the holy / one's mother, sex acts, and feces / corruption. I find it amusing to see this as a spectrum, with "sex acts" exactly in middle.
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That's a fine question. I consciously choose to do so in personal communications, but God knows what ended up in the books.
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