Cannibalism
What is cannibalism, and why is it still a thing that goes on? Well, cannibalism is the consuming of someone of the same species, like monkeys eating other monkeys, polar bears eating the young of other polar bears... Or you eating another person.
Cannibalism in most countries is something that is so horrific and inhuman that to them it is a taboo. Basically, a taboo is something that to many individuals is just so odd and scary that it comes off as something that no one should be doing. Something that's not normal or even considered legal. Even though the majority of everyone on Earth is totally against eating each other, there are few tribes out there that encourage the consuming of other humans and it's like a right of passage to them. This isn't the only reason why cannibalism is still around, there are many other reasons that give an explanation to this topic.
Let's start off with something that I've already discussed before, serial killers. There are killers out there that have eaten their victims, one of the most famous ones being Jeffery Dahmer. There are a few reasons why crazy killers like him would even consider eating another human being, one of them being the want of a deceased loved one.
A cannibal from a few decades ago had lost his mother. He lived alone in a nice old farm house outside of town. Everyone in this small town of just over 600 people knew him as nice, caring, and very responsible, the parents of the town would even let this man babysit their kids. What they didn't know was that he was also a murderer. He had killed a few women that were all pretty similar in looks and age, and it was also reported that he had eaten parts of the women as well. All the women he had killed, had somewhat resembled his dead mother in some way, shape, or form. The ages were also similar because they guessed that's how old the man's mother was before she died. This man had loved and missed his mother so much that it made him actually lose his mind and drove him to killing innocent women.
The desire for a loved one can also go along with sexual desire a bit and could explain why some cannibals would rape their victims. There's also other reasons like broken homes, abuse, revenge, jealousy, curiosity and even starvation...
How far could you go? If you were lost in the woods with a group of people in mid winter and your party is all out of food. How far could you go without eating until you died off, or even lost it and ate a member of your group?
In 1846, a group of American pioneers called the Donner Party were taking a long trip to California and got caught in one of America's recorded most dangerous blizzards. They were all starting to get frost bite and quite a few of them slowly died. Since they had run out of food fast, the survivors resorted to eating the dead bodies of their friends and family members. The survivors were found 4 months later and they made it safely to California. Of the 87 members, 48 survived to see California.
So there are many different ways people can resort to cannibalism, whether it be sexual desire, a want for a dead loved one, curiosity, revenge, or even starvation. Either way, consuming another human being is freakin' nasty so don't do it.
Cannibalism in most countries is something that is so horrific and inhuman that to them it is a taboo. Basically, a taboo is something that to many individuals is just so odd and scary that it comes off as something that no one should be doing. Something that's not normal or even considered legal. Even though the majority of everyone on Earth is totally against eating each other, there are few tribes out there that encourage the consuming of other humans and it's like a right of passage to them. This isn't the only reason why cannibalism is still around, there are many other reasons that give an explanation to this topic.
Let's start off with something that I've already discussed before, serial killers. There are killers out there that have eaten their victims, one of the most famous ones being Jeffery Dahmer. There are a few reasons why crazy killers like him would even consider eating another human being, one of them being the want of a deceased loved one.
A cannibal from a few decades ago had lost his mother. He lived alone in a nice old farm house outside of town. Everyone in this small town of just over 600 people knew him as nice, caring, and very responsible, the parents of the town would even let this man babysit their kids. What they didn't know was that he was also a murderer. He had killed a few women that were all pretty similar in looks and age, and it was also reported that he had eaten parts of the women as well. All the women he had killed, had somewhat resembled his dead mother in some way, shape, or form. The ages were also similar because they guessed that's how old the man's mother was before she died. This man had loved and missed his mother so much that it made him actually lose his mind and drove him to killing innocent women.
The desire for a loved one can also go along with sexual desire a bit and could explain why some cannibals would rape their victims. There's also other reasons like broken homes, abuse, revenge, jealousy, curiosity and even starvation...
How far could you go? If you were lost in the woods with a group of people in mid winter and your party is all out of food. How far could you go without eating until you died off, or even lost it and ate a member of your group?
In 1846, a group of American pioneers called the Donner Party were taking a long trip to California and got caught in one of America's recorded most dangerous blizzards. They were all starting to get frost bite and quite a few of them slowly died. Since they had run out of food fast, the survivors resorted to eating the dead bodies of their friends and family members. The survivors were found 4 months later and they made it safely to California. Of the 87 members, 48 survived to see California.
So there are many different ways people can resort to cannibalism, whether it be sexual desire, a want for a dead loved one, curiosity, revenge, or even starvation. Either way, consuming another human being is freakin' nasty so don't do it.