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>They also have no word for “love.” This is the kind of thing that makes the article unambiguously Western-ethnocentric. They obviously know the concept of lov
by omegaworks 12y ago
>They also have no word for “love.”
This is the kind of thing that makes the article unambiguously Western-ethnocentric. They obviously know the concept of love. His mother wept tears of joy at the arrival of her son.
- quotient 12y agoI agree. That single sentence irritated me immensely. It was a ham-fisted and misguided attempt to emphasize the 'exoticness' of the Yanomami.
- unreal37 12y agoThey don't hug either. A mother can't hug her son. The example does imply they are not an affectionate people.
- noonespecial 12y agoIndeed. They probably have 10 different words for all of the different contexts and shades of it. "Love" is a ridiculously deficient and imprecise word.