2025 Yuji's Blog

Whats up YouTubes, for last class we talked about feminist vs masculine societies and how they differentiate. America where i come from is a masculine culture but japan is an even more masculine culture. it focuses way more on gender roles and money is more important than quality of life. there is a larger gender wage gap in masculine societies as well. I thought before being told about how America scores on the masculinity scale that it would be more feminine. we also talked about shopping culture, and how you talk to the cashier and worker at the place of purchase. I think the ruder customers come from more masculine cultures but like most things the individual matters a whole lot, there are courteous and rude people in every country regardless of the masculinity and feminity scale in that country

     Whats up youtube! Today in class we discussed the habits of inviting people over to your house as well as individualism and collectivism in different countries. The U.S. is stated to be one of the most individualist countries. I can back this up being from America, as community is something that you really have to search for in my country.       Inviting people over in my country really is more of a personal thing, there is not much stigma when it comes to inviting people over, especially not as much as in japan. Ive never been big into inviting people to my house, because it is so small, also because when i was younger i felt embarrassed by my family.  i believe that a combination of collectivism and individualism is important in a country. Too much of anything is bad. take America for example, there is far too much individualism, to be successful and make a lot of money its hard to not sacrifice your morals, or at least be super individuali...