Response to Abigal Lindamood

This is a response to the question what makes an issue socially taboo, thus difficult to discuss in society?
The answer is in the question. Society makes things taboo or dangerous to talk about. Many times I have the conversation with my friends as to whether or not I feel "awkward" and I answer the same way every time. I say that I never feel awkward, but I understand that whatever it is I may be talking about can make those I am talking to, uncomfortable. Thus, the subject, whatever it may be, becomes a touchy subject.
When discussing anything with my parents I know, through years of training, what is appropriate to say and what isn't. However, these things, whether it be the content or the way in which I convey information change when I am talking to my friends and they change even further when I am discussing with my close friends. So issues that are taboo are only taboo to certain or people or a certain population. Saying God doesn't exist would be quite taboo in an orthodox mikvah or a protestant church, but go to a college philosophy course, and you may find it a central issue of discussion. The issues that are taboo like sex, religion, beauty, to name a few broad ones are only taboo to people uncomfortable with talking about them. Sex might be uncomfortable to talk about with your parents, religion might be uncomfortable to discuss with a rabbi or priest, and beauty may be uncomfortable to talk about with somebody who has had an eating disorder. Every topic of discussion is uncomfortable somewhere and normal somewhere else.