Sentence examples for taboo barring from inspiring English sources
He captures the spirit of Turkey in the way that a handful of Turkish writers, such as Aziz Nesin and Emin Colasan, have done.Mr Szablowski touches on sensitive issues, which might upset some Turks, such as the taboo barring any criticism of Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish republic, or the erectile problems suffered by local men after the trauma of public circumcision.
In a Freudian vein, Mitchell later argues (1974) that women learn that they are not full symbolic subjects because compulsory heterosexuality and the incest taboo bar them from meeting either the desire of their mother or any other woman.
A Soviet-era law that punished same-sex relations between men with prison time was repealed in 1993, but the subject has long remained taboo outside a smattering of bars and clubs in major Russian cities. Attempts in recent years to hold gay rights rallies have been met with contempt and outright hostility from officials and religious groups, and have occasionally turned bloody.
China has no great taboo against under-age drinking, so bar owners seldom check.
If I wasn't quite so fully aware that as two women, alone, in a bar, we are breaking every taboo going.
Despite the huge numbers of hostess bars available in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan, it is still taboo to discuss it with friends and family.
"They don't feel that there is any taboo anymore," said Tim Staehling, the general manager of The Hungry Cat, which also has a bar in Santa Barbara, Calif.
There was occasionally some awkward dancing between tables at Spy Bar, but it was nervously done, the customers aware that they were engaging in something wildly taboo.
