Taboo Then, Typical Now [PICS]

life.com — It's hard to imagine in today's sex-soaked pop culture, but 55 years ago, on June 5, 1956, Americans sitting in their living rooms were shocked --shocked!-- when Elvis Presley dared to gyrate his hips while performing his new single "Hound Dog" on The Milton Berle Show. But that taboo-shattering performance isn't the only shocker of the past that seems fairly common now... Jun 3, 2011 View in Crawl 4

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roy5000x2 Jun 3, 2011

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Did you click the link? I thought it was pretty cool to see what has changed from taboo to socially normal over the past century.

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chadster1000 Jun 4, 2011

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And yet, we still have so far to go,

leogodin217 Jun 3, 2011

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Very cool article. It's interesting how popular culture--music, television, movies and books--influences society.

Closed Account Jun 3, 2011

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Next, these so called celebs will be showing off their internal organs - where else can it go?

tosinoff Jun 5, 2011

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It's funnier to look at swim suits now vs then

c3dean420 Jun 4, 2011

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This is very interesting. It's crazy for me to even begin to truly think about the idea of something being taboo. Take Elvis for example, he gyrated his hips and people were shocked because is evoked THOUGHTS of sex. Yet the vast majority of human beings engage in sex and if you were a parent and got offended by this, chances are, you had sex before too. The very notion that there is this need to separate the real world that we all live in and experience from the publicized and social realm is a fantastic example of cognitive dissonance. Why must we label something as taboo and avoid it in a social realm even if we must face it in the real world? The same can be said about cursing, sexual experimentation, nudity, a religiously diverse America, and so forth.

jimbruno Jun 3, 2011

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I dont get why this made the homepage.

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diggwithafork Jun 3, 2011

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because it's a decent article and it shows you just how far we've come (for better or worse) in regards to American Media. What you should be questioning is the journalistic integrity of anyone who reports on Sarah Palin's current media whoring attempt of the week.. and the people digging THAT dogs**t to the front page.