Talking about Death - The Pornography of Death I

In his 1955 article, "The Pornography of Death" Geoffrey Gorer points out that death is treated in 20th century society much like sex was treated in the nineteenth century.
The subject is avoided, especially with children, or spoken of in euphemisms if it cannot be avoided.
Death now, like sex then, is hidden, an event which takes place behind closed doors. The opposite is also true: in the nineteenth century, death was discussed as freely and openly as sex is today.
There is some interesting observations on the difference between cultural attitudes toward death in the Victorian era and our own.