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Do Leaders Compromise?

tfbednarz wrote 2 hours ago: The stereotypical image of true leaders is that they will not compromise. This is true in one major … more →

Tags: change, Corporate Training, leadership, Leadership Development, Management, leadership characteristics, Leaders, Values, Pragmatic

Social and cultural norms

Rebekah wrote 1 month ago: When people tell me that human trafficking will end with the eradication of poverty something in my … more →

Tags: Changing Culture, Education, Girls, Human Trafficking, prescha, rape, sex, Social Movement, Social Norms

The "Veiled" Battle

puddy20 wrote 2 months ago: The Notion of Fact v. The Idea of Fiction: Muslim Woman Has Dreams Denied Because of Imposing her Be … more →

Tags: Religion, Civil Liberties, veil, hijâb, Islam, united states, superficiality, Women's rights

"Fat" is Relative10 comments

americanepali wrote 2 months ago: This story is relatively infamous within my immediate family. A few years ago, while studying in Ind … more →

Tags: Cross-Cultural Issues, Family, Food, society and culture, American Culture, Culture, Fat, nepal, Weight

There Are No High-fives In Quebec

cpottie wrote 3 months ago: Can you imagine my utter devastation? This video from Funny or Die will have to sustain me. http://w … more →

Tags: High-Five, Québec

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Respect (just a little bit)17 comments

borborigmus wrote 3 months ago: I haven’t had a good rant for a while, and it’s time. Maybe I’ve gone native, but … more →

Tags: Expat Life, Bali, Expat, borborigmus, Indonesia, vyt, customs, Kuta, Bule

come into the sunlight

M. E. Wickham wrote 3 months ago: “Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can lo … more →

Tags: Flowers, Life Lessons, Sunflower, Beauty, Sunshine, Bloom, August Heat, The Matrix, calculation

Costco Economics

jimcavendish wrote 3 months ago: I’ve only been to Costco a few times – I’m still not sure how much of a deal it is … more →

Tags: Personal Finance, Education, Shopping, costco, Three's Company

Nature or Nurture? 14 comments

Onely wrote 4 months ago: I’m always intrigued by the relationship between “nature” and “culture … more →

Tags: Food for Thought, heteronormativity, biology versus culture, coupling, Cultural Evolution, Gender Differences, mating, Nature or Nurture, Selfish Gene

From Out of the Mouths of Babes...5 comments

jeffsdeepthoughts wrote 5 months ago: While getting some gas tonight, I was watching a couple women who appeared to be in their early 20 … more →

Tags: SWEARING, social expectations

Same events, different take

Ilya Bogorad wrote 5 months ago: History, even most recent,  is a surprisingly evolving realm, even though events that have taken pla … more →

Tags: observations, Emancipation, History, revisiting, Volkswagen, Driving, Car, Meme

Boy, have times changed!

Balanced Melting Pot wrote 5 months ago: My mother recently asked that I send my six year-old daughter to spend the summer with her in Haiti. … more →

Tags: Parenting, Questions, Culture, Thoughts, cultural expectations, Immigrant Families, Haiti, Traditions, Childhood

Misplaced Guilt

Balanced Melting Pot wrote 6 months ago: A few weeks ago, there seemed to be an unusual burst of stories about Haitians in the news. As with … more →

Tags: Questions, Culture, Race Relations, self-image, cultural expectations, Immigrant Families, Haiti, Immigrants

Why are we so Far apart when we are Together?

Patricia BRom wrote 6 months ago: I don’t understand why people have children if they clearly do not want to be parents. So many … more →

Tags: Values, Family, Parenting, Communication, Motherhood, parenthood, del.ico.us

The perils of sharing a bed

Alf Grumble wrote 6 months ago: Too many people don’t read beyond the headlines. Mrs Grumble tends to be one of them, which is why A … more →

Tags: health, Cot Deaths, bed sharing, Otago University, New Zealand Medical Journal, Maori, Midwives, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dr Dawn Elder

Whaddup Shorty?17 comments

Nauman wrote 7 months ago: I can't possibly be that ugly... It’s hard enough to find the right person to marry withou … more →

Tags: Personal, Religion, girl, Islamic, Marriage, Mother, Pretty, Shorty, whaddup

CART ATTACK!13 comments

thedailydish wrote 7 months ago: On Monday, I had to run a bunch of errands.  We have only one car – which my husband now uses … more →

Tags: Philadelphia, Life, Portland; Maine, running errands, folding shopping carts, differences between cities, whatever it takes dude, I LOVE MY SHOPPING CART!

Not bad - for an American.

Balanced Melting Pot wrote 7 months ago: My husband, a first generation immigrant, and I were talking about a mutual friend the other day and … more →

Tags: Questions, Traditions, Culture, cultural expectations, cultural assimilation, Immigrants, Signs of Respect, Cultural Dilemmas, Thoughts

Expressions of good will1 comment

Balanced Melting Pot wrote 7 months ago: Last week, I greeted someone who I’ve been working with professionally for about year with a k … more →

Tags: Parenting, Questions, Social Norms, Traditions, Culture, Thoughts, cultural expectations, cultural assimilation, Immigrants


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