I think they probably know that the news reports unusual events. There's no 'Man takes his mother out for lunch coz she's feeling a bit low'
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An Indian family member was telling me that Indian men are much more emotionally expressive than British men but that she's much safer here.
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There's always more than one variable. In this case, a cultural difference in the acceptability of violence against women and children.
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Yes & I'm not sure how this could be any less acceptable in the US or UK? Much longer prison sentences, Have to segregate in prison.
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In films, if a woman slaps a man, its funny. If a man slaps a woman, we know he's the villain. It's just not culturally acceptable.
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It's crazy to say we have a culture that teaches men to be violent against women & girls.
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We have a culture that teaches men to be violent, period. And it does also have some degree of chivalry thrown in on top of that (1/x)
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No, not period. We have a society which notices that men like physical contests more & when criminal, engage in violence more.
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There is evidence that men cry less easily than women coz of tear duct differences & that they find talking therapy less helpful generally.
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I don't know, but I know the US and Russia are places where it's much less acceptable and that they're both more violent than the EU.
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Well, I don't know about Russia but it's certainly more acceptable for men to show emotion in the US than it is in the UK.
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Well, and women tho actually. We have a stereotype of Americans as oversharers telling everyone their feelings.
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Yes. There literally is.
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