At some time in your life you may have a strong desire to do something strange or terrible. However, chances are that you don’t act your impulse, but let it pass instead. You know that to commit (1)______ the action is wrong in some way and that the other people will not (2)______ accept your behavior. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomena of (3)______ taboo behavior is how it can change over the years within the same society, how certain behavior and attitudes once considering taboo (4)______ can become perfectly acceptable and natural at another point in time. Topics such as death, for example, were once considered so upset (5)______ and unpleasant that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the publication of important books such as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more awared of the (6)______ importance of expressing feelings about death and, as a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject. One of the newest taboos in American society is the topic of fat. Like (7)______ many other taboos, fat is a topic that Americans talk about constantly. It’s not taboo to talk about fat; it’s taboo to be fat. The "in" look is thin, not fat. In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, trim executives sell their image as well as their products to the (8)______ public. The thin look is associated to youth, vigor, and success. The (9)______ fat person, on the other hand, is thought of as lazy and lack in (10)______ energy, self-discipline, and self-respect. In an image-conscious society like the U.S., thin is "in" fat is "out\