I don't think acceptance is the word... but zombie themes are aligned with cannibalism also, and
they have gained in popularity, as well. Not a genre I care for at all... Many of them are also kind of
post-apocalyptic, with mankind having caused his own downfall and destruction, and in those where
natural resources were also destroyed, a main food source then becomes other human beings.
Those that have survived, at any rate. One of the Netflix docs I watched was detailing part of this
increase in cannibalism's lure, with sites on the dark web spanning a wide range of offerings.
I couldn't watch it past a certain point. Just too bloody sick, twisted, and gruesome.
Then there is always the revamped story of a sport's team's plane crashing in a remote mountainous area...