'"Make an exception for me, God. Remember that I'm an American. We're not used to losing our children."' (Dettwyler 1994) .
Dettwyler displayed an important fact we sometimes forget as a member of a certain society we sometimes feel that we are more important than other cultures that are perhaps less privileged than we. Every culture displays different values through their media, which tells us what is appropriate and what is not. Our media, however, does little to show us what are important values to other cultures that may lead to the common misconception that, what is important to us must be important to everyone else. Where in our society the television show "Bay Watch" has been popular, many other countries find it very distasteful and even revolting because of the amount of visible skin. This could be the cause of hostility because where Americans are used to the amount of visible skin displayed everywhere, other nations encourage, even force their women to cover up, thus making the U.S seem evil to some cultures. Some cultures, however, learn to adapt to what other cultures approve of, for which I have an example. According to Denton (2002) The east Semai are such a passive culture that they have decided to wear more clothes to cover their genitals and breasts because of their increasing interaction with non-Semai people. Other cultures are not as passive, and perhaps not as willing to change themselves, or their views of other cultures either for matters of pride or a lack of interest in what others believe. As an American we believe that equality is a right of the people. In the United States we believe that if we are treated unfairly, or without equality, then we are being cheated out of a natural right. When we interviewed many Iraqi women we found that there were few rights that they were allowed, and we (American women) found that fact appalling, but the women of Iraq were fairly comfortable with their lives and amount of rights they possessed, because to them it was normal.
Combining these two concepts, the invariable conclusion is that the citizen because of his own uniqueness inevitably becomes embroiled in the internal political conflicts of the state. This is so because the citizen is in constant pursuit of its own self-interest which perpetually leads to conflict. ...
The Spanish described in Cultures in Conflict, Charles I of England and Oliver Cromwell were tolerant of their rivals for a period of time, however long or short it was, but then decided that they were tolerant long enough. ... The Spanish monarchs, being Catholic, viewed Jews with contempt for not accepting Jesus when he came to fulfill the promises he made to the Jews (Cultures in Conflict p.34). ...
Introduction With the end of the Cold War, several domestic conflicts have exploded throughout the world as well as a proliferation in the number of negotiations attempting to settle these conflicts. ... Like many other nations, Sri Lanka has a heterogeneous culture, with two separate and distinct ethno-linguistic groups, the Sinhalese and the Tamils, five communities (Indian Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamils, Muslims, Burghers and Malays) and four great religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. ... I will not concentrate fully on a particular time/year of the conflict, but will provi...
-Abraham Maslow Conflict seems to change as with age. ... When speaking of conflict many people avoid engaging in interpersonal conflict because it is often perceived as negative. ... Although, when speaking of the entire population of our culture views conflict as a negative outcome in a relationship. ... Although, when speaking of the entire population of our culture views conflict as a negative outcome in a relationship. ... Conflict seems to change as with age. ...
Culture As noted above, the culture of an organization lets people know that they belong to it: Without this fundamental sense of belonging the entire idea of an organization makes no sense. ... The dimensions of culture (that is, the dimensions that define any culture, including the Essendon FC) that will be examined in this section and the following sections include the following: 1. ... This aspect of the Essendon FC culture should also be characterized as outcome-oriented. ... Another way in which the culture of Essendon FC helps to create a team-orientation is in the way it encourages an ...
In order to understand the concept of values, one must acknowledge and grasp the essence of culture. ... As seen through these examples, values have the potential to conflict even within one society or community, but more generally across different cultures. ... In an age of modernity, science, and constant change, it is only normal that cultural values that are embedded into every day life naturally conflict. ... Culture in itself serves as a vital source of compliance. ... However, conflicts arise when values of one culture contradict the values of another culture. ...
Both novels are set in Nigeria at the time when colonialism initiates cultural conflicts. ... Okonkwo is overconfident of his culture and Nwoye loses respect for him after Ikemefuna's death. ... Her main conflicts with her husband were about cultural differences and money problems. ... This was a part of her "new" culture that was harder to accept. ... Moving from rural settings to more civilized surroundings caused conflicts. ...
Without this conflict, the half-aboriginals, as a whole, would have been lacked evidence of the suffer from culture identity crisis and Molly's temptation to escape would seem redundant. ... These techniques show the audience the damage done to aboriginal families and their culture. ... This conflict is especially important because it reveals the aboriginal's suffer from culture identity crisis with the verbal and visual features of Molly's mother. ... Destroy has been done to their culture. ... This shows the audience about the aboriginal's hardship of their culture bei...
Conflict Resolution What does conflict resolution mean to me? ... Conflict is almost a guarantee. ... What causes conflict? ... A team with many different people includes many different personalities, cultures, values, attitudes, needs, expectations, etc. ... If I am not encountering conflict with my customers, then I am dealing with conflict within my team. ...