Chapter 7 Activities

1. Question

   Write a two-page paper about topics that were taboo in your family growing up. What was talked about? What wasn’t? Why is that? What topics do you see as generally taboo to talk about in the United States? How do these taboos affect different aspects of our everyday lives?

   Write a two-page paper about topics that were taboo in your family growing up. What was talked about? What wasn’t? Why is that? What topics do you see as generally taboo to talk about in the United States? How do these taboos affect different aspects of our everyday lives?

2. Question

   Find examples in film and television of the different stages of a relationship and describe them in writing, explaining why your examples depict the various stages. What makes them fit each category?