> And don't get me started on xenophobia I work(ed) in Switzerland for 7 years with Indian, Italian, Egyptian, Pakistani, American, Chinese, Taiwanese, Brazili

> And don't get me started on xenophobia I work(ed) in Switzerland for 7 years with Indian, Italian, Egyptian, Pakistani, American, Chinese, Taiwanese, Brazilian, Spanish, French, German, Australian, Austrian, and many other I forgot. Most of them still live here (lemanic area, not Zurich). There is xenophobia, like everywhere on the planet, but nothing impossible to overcome apparently. From my (European) perception, The Swiss are not highly xenophobic, they are however quite nationalist and very regionalist for European standard. > the place of woman in society. This aspect variate a lot depending of where you are in Switzerland. The Swiss-German side is more "conservative" on the place of woman is society yes.