silence7@slrpnk.net to Minnesota@midwest.socialEnglish · 8 months agoMinnesota Supreme Court: Female breasts are not lewd or inherently sexual and can be exposed in publicwww.startribune.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1836arrow-down17
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minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·8 months agoThey’re cultural creations. They were created by human beings, and WE have the power to change them. If we want something to stop being a taboo, we can simply will it to be as such.
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·8 months agoQuite a bit of hubris you have there…
minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoBetter than nihilistic fatalism that the world is doomed and there’s nothing we can do to improve it.
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoUm, sure. If those were the only two options.
minus-squareCouldbealeotard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoHistory disagrees. It’s very hard to go against cultural norms, and in many cases can result in being ostracized, imprisoned, or put to death.
They’re cultural creations. They were created by human beings, and WE have the power to change them. If we want something to stop being a taboo, we can simply will it to be as such.
Quite a bit of hubris you have there…
Better than nihilistic fatalism that the world is doomed and there’s nothing we can do to improve it.
Um, sure. If those were the only two options.
History disagrees. It’s very hard to go against cultural norms, and in many cases can result in being ostracized, imprisoned, or put to death.