among hindus of india, parents are the primary source of fundamentalist brainwashing. parents show affection and approval if kids follow hindu norms, while reprimand the child if he/she does anything that deviates even an inch from hindu norms. fundamentalist norms include not eating meat, not eating eggs on tuesday ( for some ,not eating eggs on any day ),not getting haircut on thursdays, not trimming nails on thursdays.
sounds crazy ? well many people in india stick to these norms and consider any deviation from them a moral transgression.
..these irrational norms are passed on from generation to generation.
5 years ago
Why mention particularly Hinduism and India? Devout parents of any religion living in any country does the same...
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u dnt realise one thing... being a psychology student, u should remember that learning is a major part of life. whether hindus or christians such activities later becomes hmm... what was the term for it... where a set of behaviour continues without the original stimuli or reinforcement... ya.. anyway... thts what happens. these r hardly questioned, but continued.
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