Repulsion is linked to disgust and disgust.
Repulsion is a concept that derives from repulsĭo , a Latin term. It is about the act and result of rejecting or repelling (despising or rejecting something). For example: "I feel repulsed by people who mistreat animals" , "When tasting the exotic dish, the boy made a gesture of repulsion that was immediately noticed by the rest of the diners" , "The idea of swimming in that river contaminated causes me enormous repulsion .
Repulsion can be associated with disgust or repugnance . A person raised in a Western country may be repulsed by the idea of eating insects. In other nations, however, these animals are part of the daily diet and are not associated with an unpleasant sensation.
As can be seen, repulsion arises largely from social issues, in the same way as the stereotypical behavior of heterosexuals and homosexuals, the tastes that are supposedly associated with children according to their sex and many other factors that make up general characteristics. of the people of each region. Vegans, for example, may feel repulsed by a piece of meat, a chicken egg or a slice of cheese, since they do not agree with the consumption of products of animal origin and when they see these elements they do not see food, but suffering. and injustice .
Repulsion for dirt
It is often said that repulsion is experienced when being in contact with something very dirty or with waste . Within this line, let's look at an extremely graphic example: an individual who must walk barefoot on excrement will surely feel enormous repulsion.
However, while it is normal to think that this is true for the majority of people, there are clear exceptions, whether for vocational reasons (as is the case with forensic doctors) or occupational reasons (individuals who are dedicated to collecting urban waste). ).
Many people are repelled by cockroaches and other insects.
The case of the doctors
The vocation that doctors feel, both those who dedicate themselves to the study of the health of human beings and other animals, is one of the most difficult for most people to understand, although it is also one of the most necessary. to maintain the organization of our current societies . Already from childhood, this attraction for living organisms usually manifests itself, for knowing the composition of bodies, the functioning of their organs and for finding methods to solve health problems.
A future doctor is not easily impressed: the same painting that causes repulsion to most people can be interesting and attractive to a person with this vocation. For example, if an elementary school student feels sick to his stomach and vomits in the hallway, while many of his classmates probably run away in terror, the boy or girl in that group who will go into medicine in the future will surely approach him. to observe and will try to lend a hand.
Repulsion linked to morality
Repulsion can also be moral . In this case, what causes repulsion is what is opposed to one's own values. A woman may be repulsed by another woman who abandons her newborn child on the street because she does not feel like taking care of him. Since protecting descendants is part of what is accepted as natural and correct, abandonment causes aversion .
It is possible to consider, in certain contexts, that repulsion even occurs on a mass level. When news breaks of a man who murdered his son and then ate his remains, an entire community may experience revulsion at such macabre behavior. These types of events are not normal, but they exist, and human beings are not prepared to accept them; In fact, most cannot or do not even want to imagine them, as they are extremely violent.