I Believe Good Manners Is Not Old Fashioned
FWIW, good grammar isn't old fashioned either ;)
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Mamapolo2016 · F
I've been thinking about manners. One of the problems we're encountering in society today is the constant contact with people unlike ourselves. Different languages, mores, cultures, customs.
The society I grew up in, while it was governed by men, treated women with courtesy and respect, in public at least. That is fast approaching extinction. Still, though, it is jarring to me when I see or hear women bejng treated with rudeness and spoken to in language laced with obscenities.
But not all cultures have that tradition, and that raises the question of 'what exactly is rude, anyway?'
The society I grew up in, while it was governed by men, treated women with courtesy and respect, in public at least. That is fast approaching extinction. Still, though, it is jarring to me when I see or hear women bejng treated with rudeness and spoken to in language laced with obscenities.
But not all cultures have that tradition, and that raises the question of 'what exactly is rude, anyway?'
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@Mamapolo2016 That's a really good question. Is it the mores of the majority society, or an amalgamation of all cultures in the society? Or should all groups have their own standards, but respect the standards of others? Damn, now I'm going to have to think lol.
Mamapolo2016 · F
@Bushranger Sorry. If I'd known you were listening I would have typed quieter.