The reason that is important is that modern manners do not allow for the desires to come up in daily conversation. The first example that comes to mind is passing gas. Why is it embarrassing to be caught passing gas in a public venue? All humans do it and all humans will feel the need to pass gas eventually in a public venue. Society has determined the standard of manners is to not pass something that may be causing a person pain in the moment.
Another example would be the idea that anything animal- like that humans do, burping or grunting, is looked down upon in society. Also why is that humans are trying constantly trying to push away from anything that will lead to a connection with them being an animal?
These are all things humans will do and continue to do in their everyday lives. Therefore this raises the question, If everyone does the mentioned above why is it looked down upon in society? If a standard is decided upon consensus, how is that society was able to brain wash the western world into thinking this was wrong?
Something that intrigued me was the standard of the manner in which babies are allowed to relieve themselves in oriental culture, especially in China. In China, babies actually have a different zipper where they are able to relieve themselves in the street and society was completely fine with it. My first reaction to hearing this fact was, "That's gross and why?"
This raises the question, why is in Chinese culture that society is that comfortable with babies relieving themselves and Americans are not allowed to pass gas in conversation? How was society able to brain wash people into either extreme of this situation and why did each society differ in their opinions?
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