Title: Masculine vs. Feminine Culture: Another Layer of Culture - WITI
Headings: Masculine vs. Feminine Culture: Another Layer of Culture
Masculine vs. Feminine Culture: Another Layer of Culture
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Content: On the other end, there are feminine cultures. Countries that are considered feminine cultures are Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and Costa Rica. According to Hofstede, "Femininity stands for a society in which social gender roles overlap: Both men and women are supposed to be modest, tender, and concerned with the quality of life." Feminine cultures tend to have loose gender roles, equal pay, female representation in most positions of power, and quality of life and relationships with people are valued over materialistic items like money or expensive cars. People tend to take pride in where they are from. Some might argue that masculine cultures are superior or that feminine cultures are superior. This is referred to as ethnocentrism, where you view other cultures in the context of your own. Instead, we must work toward cultural relativism where you view culture in its own context. By doing this we eliminate judgment that we often make when we encounter things that confuse us.