Social Implications
Feces has always been associated with the lowest people among society, the social outcasts, the pariahs, and the social discards. The Caste system in India was created along the lines of profession and the dalits (untouchables) were left to do work related to human emissions. They did such work as clean and pick feces from streets, clean toilets, work with dead bodies. Such practices are prevalent even today in the rural and small villages of India. Even in western cultures, feces is associated with social discards. The usage of the word "shit" in modern English has its roots in the use of the word to denote something that is of little value, or having a negative value.
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