My grandmother could never stand for that, still being resentful of her mixed-race granddaughters. I couldn't stand for that. And the people who do are considered weirdos.
Is our culture doing something wrong or is there no right way? Do we have a culture anyway
The love that we see parents giving their newborn children doesn't seem to extend past the age of like...2.
2 years old, the 'terribles,' when kids act less subordinate and more like themselves. That's all it takes?
What the fuck is up with that?
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Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm looking into grad programs in sociology/Anthro. Here's what Ramapo College of New Jersey, department of American and International Studies taught me, pieced together from notes:
our unique variant of Western culture is built around the very Anglophone concept of individual choice. This combines with an emphasis on modern, mobile technology (cars) and consumerism. With all these factors dovetailing to form American mainstream society, no wonder our philosophies about family and the household are they way they are!
I believe that there is no 'right' or 'wrong' culture because there is no one universal standard by which to judge them independent of any one culture. But cultures can be, and are, judged by their own standards. People often judge their own society by the perceived consequences social standards have on themselves.
I also think that the closest culture to an individual(whether it is Mainstream American, Mexican Immigrant, or Gay Male for ex.)pressures that person to express love in a particular way. But cultural exception can only go so far before free-will either resists, internalizes it or qualifies it based on personal history.
The free-will factor is particularly acute in the way parents choose to treat their children and vice-versa. In many families it is overriding.
no i take the beginning sentence back, i'm quite unapologetic about the length of my post! and there's nothing you can do about it-well besides deleting it...
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