Thursday, May 24, 2007

The need for the taboo

I sat browsing through some statistics a while ago. Enough time for me to forget the sources. Anyway.

In the US sexuality is bad, dangerous and will most probably make society go down in flames, so naturally the best selling genre is romance. I'm not an avid reader of romance, but the little I read sure is steaming with TABOO.

In Sweden violence is bad, dangerous and will most probably make society go down in flames, so naturally the best selling genre is crime. I do read some crime, and you can bet there is an abundance of TABOO there.

Should we take this as a proof that the best way to create a huge local market is to make certain the topic is socially unacceptable?

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