READ THIS

Honestly, I encourage you all to read this:
The Temple of the Body: Sex in the Anti-Erotic Age by Thomas Moore

I sort of feel like this applies to practically anything related to human's inner self and it's relation to society/culture. I remember in one of my anthropology classes writing a paper about illness/death being taboo and completely removed from our day to day lives, but at the same time it's all around us.

Check it out, it's a great read, and funnily enough, this article was passed to me only this past weekend, so the timing for 'affirmation'(which is not quite the right word) is freakish. I swear TIMING IS EVERYTHING.