As I said it's a poor translation - mostly they are discussing areas where these culural frameworks show differences against the majority culture in the US or Canada. Really when they talk about "family" they're trying to get at how communal cultures understand the unit "family" as a core concept rather than the core…

I agree. What I was objecting to was the way that the OP linked the ethnicity with the character traits "nerdy, feminine, comical, and shy." It felt off to me that he was defending a perfectly legitimate attraction to asian features with an attraction to a supposed set of characteristics. I was trying to break down…

I'm just sick to my stomach after watching the video - over just a jacket? Hell I wore my jacket to class all winter in my high school. Really it makes me think that our culture is so fucked up that we just want an excuse to punish the intellectually disabled, no matter how small. And I keep remembering more and more…

It's a poor way of putting into layman's terms legitimate intercultural communication theories, specifically cultural value frameworks. You can look to Hofstede (individualism/collectivism; power distance; masculinity/femininity; uncertainty avoidance; long term orientation) for spectrums on which cultures differ.

That sounds like a description that could apply to any anime geek or jdrama/jpop/language geek or any of those iterations. Hell, even though I've been out of the community for a few years that could even still to an extent sound like me and I'm a white redhead.

From one needle phobic to another, ativan is totally worth the hassle of the side affects when I can't put it off any longer.

I wonder how much of it has to do with BMI restrictions on tubals as well. Since the vasectomy is far less invasive, I wonder if that's the reason I've never heard of BMI restictions on them.

One of the things that has stuck with me is when my Mom was getting her Ed degree and she was studying multiple intelligences. Music is an intelligence and it is the first one to develop and the last one to go in cases of dementia or alzheimers.

I really wish the gov't wouldn't allow those sorts of morality clauses to hold water. I'm in the practicum search phase of my masters degree and I see so many job postings for religious institutions - probably coming close to half of the postings that meet my search parameters. And it's such a struggle to decide if I…

Maybe it has something to do with this thing in the states called at will employment. I'm not sure if pregnancy is a protected class here? American Jezzies?

Paul came late to the party and didn't know Jesus in life so how can his writings reflect Jesus' teachings? Perhaps I'm not a good Christian but Paul's story just makes me roll my eyes - "resurected Jesus came to me in a vision and I was blind for three days afterward!!" Jesus' words and actions are very inclusive,…

Oh god, you just brought back memories of my most recent ex - he saw some of the last dregs of my period and went running to his mother worried that I was bleeding internally or something. He called it "old blood" but at least he talked to me about it in the most innocently worried way and I was able to reassure him.

After heading through the Canadian system where I easily got into a top 5 after a similarly easy application process I was shocked when I got to grad school in the States. I just had the concept of legacy explained to me in one of my classes last term.

Thanks - it was a couple of years back and I thought it was called TLW but wasn't completely sure, hence the description. Blerg - what an awful concept to attach to a sweet concept like courtship.

Absolutely - I would not feel loved if my partner didn't show he loved me in small ways including non sexual intimate touch. My favourite is my ex who used to massage my head when I felt a migraine coming on - it often worked too!

Maybe I should have studied abroad in Italy! One of the things that affected my mental health the most on exchange was the lack of friendly or familial touch. it's much harder to build those sorts of relationships in Japan and Taiwan.

borrowed for fb and hearted!

"In our culture sex and intimacy are velcro-ed."

That's what I want one day - actually lab created is peachy with me since I know that its conflict free. But keep bringing on the green!

In other news, when you look up "dashing" in the dictionary now, you'll see that picture. That man does amazing things to suits!