Friday, September 12, 2014

Blog Assignment #19 by Ayana


Hello, I will talk about mean to be polite in my culture today.
Speaking in general, Japanese people are gracious. Of course, Japanese have a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage, but Japanese have not courtesy towards women, because many Japanese women don’t like artificial politesse. People who do like it, he was thought that has an ulterior motive. I don't like it. Some of peoples are not.
Therefore, Japanese women make a mistake that they think he has good feeling toward them. American people have a condition of a man like a gentle. For example, keep the door and women can go first, these are called ladies first.
I think this is because of the difference between Japanese politeness and American politeness.
Japanese courteous regard for people's feelings to be modest and polite. I was exposed to various ways of thinking and became aware that there were different cultures and customs in the world. That cannot be said as a rule.

2 comments:

  1. I thought that I agreed almost your opinion.
    Sometimes, I felt little complicated for Jpanese customs .

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  2. The culture of "Lady First" is common in the US, but not in Japan. The way of expressing politeness is vary from country to country. It's interesting.

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