2006-08-08 14:15:27 · 13 answers · asked by spanish_armada23 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
It has always been so. You can speak badly of your own but it is not okay for others to do so. You would gladly give your little brother a throttleing but get mad if someone else does it. Intresting bit of study of sociology for someone the take on.
2006-08-08 14:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by Kenneth H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well I don't know for sure..but I think it has a lot to do with social standing and power..I would be mortified to call a black person a *** ger..but I can understand that other black people can and do that...as a gay man I can on occasion be really insulted if someone called me a fa g got..but my friends can do that all the time....It's because it doesn't allow the person calling me fa g got or you *** ger to have any power over you..It can't be a put down..,because you would be putting down yourself...I becomes kind of a self deprecation humour....it also becomes almost a term of endearment because it lets the other person know that they understand.
2006-08-08 21:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An example that comes to mind is you looking in the mirror and saying that you're fat...but when someone else tells you that you're fat, you get extremely offended/hurt/pissed off. It's easier to take criticism when it comes from within, I guess.
2006-08-08 21:22:41 · answer #3 · answered by Kristina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's like when you complain about your own family it's OK, but if someone outside of your family would say the same things you would be defensive. Hope this helps.
2006-08-08 21:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by blonde mom70 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just like the fact you can rip on your own family, but no one wants an outsider to rip on them.
2006-08-08 21:18:29 · answer #5 · answered by Carol R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sign of the times
2006-08-08 21:20:52 · answer #6 · answered by scotttaylor41 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would never badmouth my cultures-i love them!i'm proud to be italian-german-american.
2006-08-08 21:21:26 · answer #7 · answered by charmed_ones_lover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's an old saying"they can dish it out ,but they can't take it".well that's true way too many times.
2006-08-08 21:21:03 · answer #8 · answered by granny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can talk about my mother and I am venting, you do and it and your insulting her. Same principle and completely understandable.
2006-08-08 21:19:11 · answer #9 · answered by yourdoneandover 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its kinda like my husband and I. I can pick on him but no one else can.
2006-08-08 21:21:05 · answer #10 · answered by fingerpuppytoe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋