If you turned on the TV today common commercials you might see are about makeup, botox, hair replacement, plastic surgery, face cream, poo-pourri and reality TV. People are always searching for a way to hide their inadequacies.
Society doesn’t like to focus on the fact that everyone ages and will one day have wrinkles, sun spots and will eventually die. (Sorry Victorians, I meant to say pass on)
People don’t like to think of bodily functions. We all do it. What’s the big deal?? Unfortunately however it is not socially acceptable to discuss your bowels in public.
I think that people have a public face and they have a private face. We behave how society thinks we aught to when out in public. This way we are not seen as an outcast, we fit in with the herd and do not give anyone a reason to question or contradict who we are.
While we are alone however, we become a different person. We have no reservations, I can crunch on my chips with an open mouth, use the restroom with the door open, belch or fart whenever i please. I can forgo makeup and proper daytime attire. I can relax and not conform to societies standards.
I believe that people hide who they truly are (with exceptions, of course) and present to the world, a mask, that avoids upsetting others and going against the grain. This is what society teaches us is appropriate.
I remember my mother telling me, “We do not air our dirty laundry for others to see.” I still think of this anytime I hear someone having an argument in public. My first thought is that, they should do that in the privacy of their own home. Even though that means putting on a mask and pretending while out in public.
Humanities 101 