Taboos: What Germans don't like to talk about | Meet the Germans
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- Germans are known for their frank and direct demeanor, but there are a few topics that even Germans hesitate to discuss. Also, what Germans consider to be taboo topics may not be applicable to foreigners who come to Germany. And in Germany, Meet the Germans host Shabnam Surita came to terms with one of her own taboos.
From politics to money to abortions, Shabnam explores why some topics can be a bit difficult to talk about in Germany in this episode of Meet the Germans. What are the common taboos in your country?
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Shabnam's shocking visit to the gynecologist
00:57 What exactly is a taboo?
01:53 Premarital sex
02:28 The controversial issue of abortion
04:25 Different political taboos in East and West Germany
05:31 Don't talk about money
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Shabnam is doing a fantastic job! As a German, who lives abroad, I appreciate the multifaceted reflections of a foreign Journalist about German culture. Her observations and unique angle are valid and important.
Thanks a lot!
Thank you for your fine introduction to this! You give what seems a well-rounded discussion of German taboos, elegantly organized. Very clear!
Thanks a TON!
Hey, can i suggest ideas?
German borders with other countries such as German-Polish border, German-Swiss border, German-Czech border, German-Dutch border, German-France border, German-Danish border, etc
German-Japanese relationship. During Meiji era, Meiji government sought German Empire's help to modernize Japanese military and law
Germany's relationship with its fellow Germanic people such as English, Dutch, Frisian, Dane, Faroese, Icelander, Norwegian, Swede, etc
Suggestion for what?
New topics or taboos?
Do you mean topics for future episodes, or taboos to explore? 🙂
@@dweuromaxx topics
Love it! Great topic :)
Thank YOU, Rachel! This was a lot of struggle and fun :D
Here in Canada you can do pretty much anything you like as long as you apologize for it afterward. Oh, and supporting your local hockey team is absolutely required.
This is true also for Germany, especially the state I live in, NRW. Try rooting for Cologne in a match against Dusseldorf, in Dusseldorf. Miracle, if you come out with all limbs intact :P
if you're in a white shitkicker area
@@unknownninja4430 I don't know what point you are trying to make here.
perfect analogy :P the support people have for their local fussball teams here is immense@@ShabnamSuritaMTG
In Italy as well is not polite to ask information about your personal income.
That's good Italy needs to teach American people that cause people here in America especially American women always asking how much a man makes
I'm Pennsylvania Dutch (actually Pennsylvania German, but "Dutch" became the English word, possibly from "Wir sind Deutschen" or the fact that so many arrived on ships registered in Holland). In the post-WWII environment, speaking the dialect became less acceptable - to the point where teachers tried to erase any trace of "Dutchified" accent or usage from our speech. The old foks still talked Dutch among themselves, but not many in my generation learned it.
(In fact, I've been told my accent is too "hoch Deutsch" - which is understandable, since my high school German teacher was an Estonian who married a German pastor.)
Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts. This is fascinating. I come from a community, where some people still feel uncomfortable in speaking the dialect in public. This stems from the fear that speaking a dialect separates us from the rest, and in India, the way we Sylhetis speak Bengali, also gets perceived as something 'less Indian' and 'more Bangladeshi'. I have a few family members who refrain from speaking Sylheti in public in India, even though we all have been in India since it became India. Self-censorship, especially for minority linguistic groups, is a very interesting global pattern. Schade, dass wir so wenig darüber reden!
Great report!
Thanks!
Ah the Cold War days. In West Berlin, you went out to find a party. In East Berlin, the party always found you!
Haha that’s a cool one!
I wish American public broadcasting was this direct and informative. Amazing work.
Hey thanks a lot!
Thank you very much ♡
I don't like change, but I do like her!
Thanks!
Thank you for intertaining video 👌
Thanks Dina!
According to India, entire Germany culture is taboo, from Oktoberfest to etx
Sad but its true tho
I'm very curious, which other culture is not taboo in India other than Indian culture? I've never heard anyone describing some other culture other than using it as a "shaming" example
Very interesting observation. But isn't that applicable for other countries too? Could shaming other cultures be an indirect way of expressing nationalism?@@jaikumar4270
Lol! Can’t agree more.
No you are not true
Great going, Shabnam!
Thank you so much! Love that you are following our hard work!
To be honest, watching meet the germans had this kind of host charm back then. That charm vanished overnight without any prior notice. The new host is doing good, but without the time to build up that host style/charm. There's gonna be calls for the old host back. It would have been better or easier if the old host had to introduced the new one. Then to gradually transfer, giving the old host time to finish up their stuff. While giving the new host time to build up their style that is familiar to viewers. A quick out of the pan and into the fire is such a bad thing because it wastes the new host's potential in those first few videos.
They did do an introduction. Also indian women are trained to be passive and submissive so can’t expect much enthusiasm from them lol.
The only national pride germanys shows in public is sprts-, especially soccer-related... :-3
And I think an abortion isn't really a taboo (nobody would speak of) in German society - but it IS still controversial. The main "conflict" the video reffers to surrounds about the information a gynecologist should oder shoulden't offer purposely on the internet. One of the main arguments of the counter movement was that doctors would made "abortion advertisement" openly on their websites.
Shabnam is the best 😊
Ich denke, dass du nicht so sagst über das Thema des Einkommens in Indien. In Indien bleiben viele verschiedene Kulturen. In meiner Familie ist Einkommen ein Tabuthema.
Ja klar, aber ist es wirklich ein Tabu, im Freundes- oder Familienkreis über das Gehalt zu sprechen? Wollen wir nicht immer wissen, wie viel "CTC" oder " in hand salary" die Leute verdienen? In Kalkutta und Assam, wo ich gelebt habe, habe ich immer wieder Leute getroffen, die stolz darüber sprachen, wie viel sie verdienen. Aber es gab immer ein paar Leute, immer eine Minderheit, die nie mit anderen über Geld sprachen. Das gleiches Pattern merke ich bei Indern in Deutschland auch.
I agree. It is not taboo and proudly discussed but also sometimes awkward to handle.
Awesome videos .. from one Indian to another !! Thanks 🙏🏻
Thank YOU!
What does the little spot on your forehead mean?
So this is called a Bindi in Hindi, or a Teep in Bengali, my mother tongue. There is a religious and cultural history behind it, but I like to wear it for no particular reason. I started wearing it when I was in my late teens, and never gave up!
@@ShabnamSuritaMTG Thank you. It's decorative in any case.
It's a decorative dot
I'm not sure which indians tell you their paycheck😂 but as far I've grown up it is still taboo question down here. And there are many sayings that refer and protect the same.
The Indians that I see showing off their paycheck are highly paid, highly skilled ones living in Western countries. I don't see Indians living in India doing the same.
my work contract says that i am not allowed to discuss my pay with my colleagues ....
Oh really? Not even with members of the Staff council? That is interesting information!
If so, you can ignore it. German labour courts ruled ages ago that such contractual conditions were not legal.
@@ShabnamSuritaMTG The existence of a clause like this probably means that there is no staff council. Apparently only about 10 % of private enterprises have staff councils (but, as those with a staff council are usually larger private enterprises, around 40 to 45 % employees are represented by a staff council - but it still is a minority).
funny that we have quite liberal abortion laws in india
We have laws, but we also aren't completely taboo-free when it comes to abortions and premarital sex.
My ex girlfriend is Indian and said Indian girls are very excited about these changes..as it's sweeping India now..sure you agree! 😊😅😅😅
Of course! I get so excited every time I hear of positive changes back home in India… and still, there is a long way to go!
Na toll. Da ich zweisprachig bin, verstehe ich alles, aber was ist mit den anderen Deutschen, die das sehen möchten?
Die meiste Deutschen sind auch fast zweisprachig, oder? But I want to get better at this. What about the video do you think the Germans wouldn't understand?
@@ShabnamSuritaMTG I doubt very much that most Germans are bilingual. To understand all that you say one needs to have a fairly good command of English.
@@Mostrichkugel Even though that's something Germans usually don't use: Subtitles are a thing!
@@Caledoriv Yes, but in this case they are also in English.
@@Mostrichkugel one can also use youtube's default translation services available in the subtitles section. ive been using them to improve my german for a while now.
Abortion is morally a taboo in African culture, but legally allowed by her governments and therefore, not punishable.
Another taboo is homosexuallity, this time is both morally and legally prohibited and attracts imprisonments.
Certain animals like Monkeys, Snakes, dogs, alligators, iguanas, etc, are also regarded as totems in some african cultyres amd are such not prohibited locally from killing or eating them.
Thanks a lot for your comment. Taboos indeed often have different moral and legal boundaries globally.
If there is something i (male) should be ashamed of then i would have done it already.
Can someone explain me what a concentration camp is?
you have got to be a troll. if not, you can consult wikipedia.
@@kanishk9490exactly 😂
UK an US divorce rate!
Really? Is talking about divorce a taboo in the US or Uk? I had no idea!
Bring Rachel back
Ok. She is never coming back
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Ahem, World War 2.
Her pronouncing taboo
Ah the self-hate
exactly she made is tuboo
I have an Indian tongue, what to do?
@@ShabnamSuritaMTG search youtube taboo pronunciation or just type in google translate and click speaker. google translate is probably robotic but still helps
You must be a native English speaker 😂
Europe is not America - we don't discuss our salaries, personal finances, what our house is worth etc.
Bring back the original host! She was punctual.
Our episodes drop every first saturday of the month! If I get late, remind me next time :)
putting indian context in a german infotainment video sounded pretty desparate
How?
I liked Rachel videos because even the fact i wasn't British i could find myself in her videos. These videos on the other hand are adapted to one group of people. So for me it is a waste of time. I am sorry, but i am unsubscribing
thanks for your feedback. What do you think we can do to make the videos better?
@@ShabnamSuritaMTG i don't know, that's your job. For me its waste of time watching videos like OMG people are drinking alcohol here, or I've never been to a gynecologist.
That is what i meant i can't identify myself here.
On the other hand, the new video about cycling in Germany was fun :D
lol
funny that an indian is talking about the germans
The whole point is to cue in from a slightly outside perspective about the culture. What part is that confusing to you?
@@lordmurphy4344 the part that you already mentioned lol
I hope you realize the irony in pointing out a non-German talking about things Germans typically do not talk about. LMAO....If Germans talked about these things then the video topic would not need to be made!
@@ericderami Youve got a point there mate
That is the whole point of this format :) What would you like me to talk about instead on Meet the Germans?
Well there’s no taboo . Abortion is horrible ask the baby or a born child about his opinion of his parents getting ride of his brother or sister or the possibility that he could have been aborted. Definitely for me is not a taboo is basic Human Rights issue . I am a Christian , and is not even a matter of religion but of humanity, values and principles. Now a days is not acceptable with all the information around and birth controls. So the whole issue is basically very irresponsible for a couple to abort a child because : Oops 😬 we made a mistake and the baby is the one who suffers the consequences . No, the option is to be responsible; have your baby and keep she or him or place the baby in a loving family if not They are the ones that should be penalize. I am sorry if a sound harsh but is painful. Once I was in the waiting room of an accountant office and I picked a news paper that had an add section with many places advertising abortions for $25 up to 4 months pregnancy , I believe it was. Horrible 😞
"I am a Christian..."
there we go. Not everybody shares the idea of the "sanctity of life" as Christians do. Unfortunately sometimes a fetus must be yeeted
As a Christian, what is your opinion on Numbers 5:16-22?
Shabnam Surita falsely presents herself as Indian, but she is actually Bangladeshi. So her words "exposing" the "backward" aspects of her homeland, effectively reflects Deutsche Welle's Indophobic stance, whereby an "insider" is parroting German prejudices. It should actually reflect on Bangladesh, and other aspects of the society that DW ignores, like Hindu ethnic cleansing and forced conversion.
Hi Val, I don’t know where you got this information from, but I am Indian, and so is my family. I am a Bengali-speaking Indian, to be specific.
@@ShabnamSuritaMTG I am sure you speak English as well. Tomorrow, can I expect you to claim that you are English?
@@val-schaeffer1117 what are on about? firstly, in contrast to english, indian is not a language. furthermore, she is from west bengal, which makes her indian. she is as indian as anyone from india. funny how you judge her "indianness," while knowing little to nothing about india, specifically how important of a role bengal plays in indian culture. and to address your "indophobic" allegation, speaking out against practices that should not be taboo in today's society doesnt make someone a hater, instead, it signifies one's desire for a better tomorrow.
@@kanishk9490she lied about women being honored 😂 they are only honored maids and baby factories nothing else 😂
stop using word like germans. is degrading, use instead germanians
That's what you made up. German is the correct and proper term.
what the ....
Maybe you should improve your own English before you criticize others.
The proper term is Germaniacs.
Can you share a source of info about this?