Cultural Responses to Pain
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چکیده
In human societies biological processes vital for man's survival acquire social and cultural significance. Intake of food, sexual intercourse or elimination physiological phenomena which are universal for the entire living world become institutions regulated by cultural values and social rules.... Human beings experience hunger for food and sexual desire, but culture and society dictate to the kind of food people may eat, the social setting for eating or the adequate partner for mating.
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