Last Thursday, in my Medical Anthropology class, we were talking about cultural norms and differences between the cultures of developed and developing nations. Our teacher brought up breast feeding and how it is seen as healthy and normal in other cultures, but taboo in our culture. Her next statement caused us to nearly fall out of our chairs: "Why is breast feeding such a no-no in this culture? Oh I know.... they're BOOBIES!!!" Yup...she said "boobies" loudly while making groping gestures with her hands.
College tuition: thousands of dollars
Books for class: hundreds of dollars
Pack of mechanical pencils: 4 dollars
Hearing your Doctorate-certified professor yell "boobies": priceless
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