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National 5 years ago
Social taboos hinder Indonesia's fight against coronavirus
Indonesian authorities complained on Wednesday that hundreds of people had refused testing for the new coronavirus as social taboos emerge as another obstacle to stopping its spread in the world’s fourth-most populous nation.
Lifestyle 6 years ago
Mozambican hairdresser breaks taboos to keep 'Afro' love alive
Cadino Chipanga decided 20 years ago to take up a trade then seen as taboo in Mozambique: a male hairdresser looking after women. He also resolved to focus on dreadlocks - a style unacceptable in some African communities.
SE Asia 6 years ago
The brothels of Daulatdia: Sex workers to get 'honorable' funeral
Hamida Begum became the first sex worker from Bangladesh bordello Daulatdia to receive a formal Islamic funeral, breaking a longstanding taboo in Muslim majority Bangladesh where prostitution is legal but regarded by many as immoral.
Books 6 years ago
New book smashes taboo over French author's sex with teens
A prominent French author who has never made any secret of his preference for sex with adolescent girls and boys is at the center of a firestorm as a former partner publishes a book describing the lasting trauma of underage intercourse over three decades ago.
