• Omgpwnies@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Weird from a cultural perspective where any sort of non-medical interference with a corpse is frowned upon, so we’re trained from a very young age to find any of that stuff icky/morbid. Other cultures may not have that same aversion.

    Kinda in the same vein as we in North America have a very conservative opinion on being naked in public where other cultures couldn’t care less.

    • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      18 hours ago

      I’m already a moral relativist.

      What I’m asking is if a person who wants to and does have sex with corpses, knowing that this is socially profane and must be kept secret, is this a trustable person?

      Also, respect for the dead often involves rituals that are non-medical. I think disease obviously played a part in how these rituals were formed, but I don’t think that disease is the primary reason people care.