"Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time"
- Gloria Estefan
About this Quote
In this quote, Gloria Estefan is assessing the cultural norms of her training. She explains that throughout her time, topics such as sex and drugs were thought about taboo and were not openly gone over. This suggests that there was a strong sense of societal pressure to conform to certain standards of behavior and to prevent any subjects that were deemed controversial or improper. It likewise highlights the conservative mindsets towards these subjects in the past, and how they have considering that ended up being more honestly gone over and accepted in modern-day society. In general, Estefan's words clarified the cultural attitudes and values of her time and how they have actually developed throughout the years.
This quote is written / told by Gloria Estefan somewhere between September 1, 1957 and today. She was a famous Musician from USA.
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