Cultural Analysis Paper
Cultural Analysis Paper
No matter how hard we try, or how much we study, it is pretty much impossible to become an expert on all the world’s cultures. It is possible however, to be enlightened on a few cultures through some effort and understanding. That is just what we did, through interviewing three people who were raised in cultures different from ours. The following are results from what we learned about different cultural dimensions.
GENDER EGALITARIANISM
Gender egalitarianism, as defined in the Globe study, measures societies’ beliefs about whether members’ biological sex should determine the roles that they play in their homes, business organizations, and communities. This can be made seen in attitudinal domains, as well as behavioral manifestations. Gender stereotypes and gender-role ideology are included in the attitudinal domain. Gender discrimination and gender equality are forms of behavioral manifestation (House, 1999).
In order to better understand this cultural dimension of gender egalitarianism, we interviewed Samantha Ruffier-Meray from Nantes, France. Samantha was born and raised in France, but also lived in the United States and England to get a better understanding of the Anglo culture and to learn English.
We asked Samantha if there is more of an advantage to being a woman and living in France, as opposed to being a woman and living in the United States. Samantha replied, “In France, if you are a woman and decide to have a child, maternity leave and daycare are a lot better. You get much more paid time off and a lot of government support. The French government wants us to have children. France is also trying to bring more and more women in to politics and leadership roles. We aren’t the most advanced in this area, but I feel that it is a good start” (Ruffier-Meray, 2008).
From Samantha’s responses to this question we can assume that France is above average in the cultural dimension of gender egalitarianism.
ASSERTIVENESS
No matter how hard we try, or how much we study, it is pretty much impossible to become an expert on all the world’s cultures. It is possible however, to be enlightened on a few cultures through some effort and understanding. That is just what we did, through interviewing three people who were raised in cultures different from ours. The following are results from what we learned about different cultural dimensions.
GENDER EGALITARIANISM
Gender egalitarianism, as defined in the Globe study, measures societies’ beliefs about whether members’ biological sex should determine the roles that they play in their homes, business organizations, and communities. This can be made seen in attitudinal domains, as well as behavioral manifestations. Gender stereotypes and gender-role ideology are included in the attitudinal domain. Gender discrimination and gender equality are forms of behavioral manifestation (House, 1999).
In order to better understand this cultural dimension of gender egalitarianism, we interviewed Samantha Ruffier-Meray from Nantes, France. Samantha was born and raised in France, but also lived in the United States and England to get a better understanding of the Anglo culture and to learn English.
We asked Samantha if there is more of an advantage to being a woman and living in France, as opposed to being a woman and living in the United States. Samantha replied, “In France, if you are a woman and decide to have a child, maternity leave and daycare are a lot better. You get much more paid time off and a lot of government support. The French government wants us to have children. France is also trying to bring more and more women in to politics and leadership roles. We aren’t the most advanced in this area, but I feel that it is a good start” (Ruffier-Meray, 2008).
From Samantha’s responses to this question we can assume that France is above average in the cultural dimension of gender egalitarianism.
ASSERTIVENESS
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