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I have spent a good amount of time in the mainland as a foreigner. The way that men talk about women, particularly in professional settings, is decades behind
by dmritard96 8y ago
I have spent a good amount of time in the mainland as a foreigner. The way that men talk about women, particularly in professional settings, is decades behind imho. KTV alone - I have heard some pretty terribls sounding stories there as well although have been lucky to only have gone to the normal ktv. A simple example is booth babes at tech shows. In the US, general consensus is that this is exploitive. In China it seems quite normative.
- Twirrim 8y ago> In the US, general consensus is that this is exploitive. In China it seems quite normative. We're not that great about it in the US either. It's still an issue that people are having to fight, repeatedly. The US is definitely getting better, but it's far from solved.
- bobthepanda 8y agoAt least people are trying to solve it in the US, and those people also include a sizable amount of men.
- darawk 8y agoI think the distinction that he's drawing is that in the US, the cultural consensus is that this behavior is not ok, even though it still goes on. There's this in-between space that we get to about things like this where we all (mostly) decide its not ok, but lots of people still do it and/or protect those that do. China seems to still be in the first stage though, of not having culturally come to agreement that this sort of thing isn't just normal and acceptable.
- dogruck 8y agoSo, you think the Chinese culture is “decades behind” the American culture? That sounds racist to me.
- yzmtf2008 8y agoIn terms of gender equality, yes, decades behind. Don’t make generalizations that the OP didn’t make.
- dogruck 8y agoTell me what you think about Muslims. Are they bad too? Is your stance, “all cultures are good, unless the culture is different from mine?”
- Thorncorona 8y agoI totally agree with you. Parent comment is completely unreasonable in rallying against parts of another culture that he believes stupid. We must be inclusive of all parts of every culture because each culture has a very different lens, and there is oft little that can be agreed on as a result.
- jeremyt 8y agoSo we have no moral standpoint to criticize child brides...because we must be inclusive of all parts of every culture?
- Thorncorona 8y agoWas satire...
- jeremyt 8y agoHard to tell these days.
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