What is wrong with discussing at the dinner table?

Firstly, who made rules about what should or should not be discussed at the dinner table? Why?

Secondly, who decides that this is a casual conversation? It could have been something that has been bothering me a lot and I am bringing it up in a conversation with my friends. Why should it be dismissed as being "casual"? For all you know, I may have been contemplating suicide, so if I mention suicide in a dinner conversation, would it still be considered casual?

Thirdly, just because you have read 7 books on a subject does not mean that everyone else should stop talking about those issues that you have read. And just because 7 people have written and published books on that subject doesnt mean that everyone else who has any opinion on those subjects is just useless. There could be an 8th opinion that didnt get published, isnt it?

Fourth, everyone has their own way of dealing with issues of this world. Nobody has a perfect solution to many problems. That doesnt imply that those who dont have good solutions, should stop talking about the problem.

Finally, women's issues are more challenging because most of the population doesnt even think of many of these things as problems. We need more and more discussion and awareness for people to first-of-all even acknowledge that these are problems.

In many cases, it is assumed that just because it is the prevalent way of doing things, it is the correct way. So everything that we ourselves do, are we doing them because they are correct, or because they belong to the prevalent way? We can never be sure. And the biggest realization of this hits when we look at other societies in our own country where the prevalent things are beliefs like "killing girls will get them god's blessings"! If you and I belonged to such a society, wouldn't we also have thought the same thing? And yet, just because we are on the outside, reading books about these "other" societies, we sit here feeling, "Oh, we shouldn't talk about it unless we can fix things!??" What are we? Demi-gods? How are we to fix entire societies on our own? And just because we cant "fix" them, we cant learn about them? Or share our thoughts about them? Or express solidarity for the victims?

Acknowledging that it is a problem is the first huge step toward solving the problem. Talking about problems and spreading awareness is the way to acknowledge that the problem exists. There is no pressure on you to solve the problem yourself. But there is a plea that you acknowledge it if you agree that it is a problem.