2006-10-02 18:05:08 · 3 answers · asked by Joe 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Are you kidding?! Most of the time we do nothing BUT express our feelings here in West! Makes me wonder if we have any brains at all to fame a thought around! Please- let's learn how to DEAL with our feelings, so that we can get on with our lives...
2006-10-02 18:15:43 · answer #1 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree to a great extent with Joseph II: we do a lot of expressing of our feelings in the West. At the same time, there are certain feelings that are not appropriate for each gender--these are unwritten rules. Women are not supposed to get angry; men are permitted this and are often perceived as strong when they express their anger (so long as it is expressed non-violently). When women get angry they are perceived as being "hormonal" or mean. On the other hand, men are often ridiculed for expressing tenderness and/or fear and/or sadness--they are permitted to do so around women; but not among other men. Generally speaking, though, we are quite open about expressing our emotions.
2006-10-02 18:24:36 · answer #2 · answered by j14456um 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tsk. Not nearly as stoic as the asian culture, western society is almost naive in expression of feelings.
2006-10-02 18:24:51 · answer #3 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋