At first glance do you know what this is? if you guessed a dog toilet, like I had originally, you are mistaken. That happens to be a toilet that is used in Japan. This is simply known as culture shock. Anyone who has not been to Japan would look at this like and be confused.
The reaction that you seize from my previous paragragh is what is commonly known as "Culture shock". This is where something so normal in ones particular culture, like for example in the United States all toilets look similar to this model:
This is only one aspect of culture shock. Things like, the use of the middle finger in the U.S. which in China is the pinky finger and in Italy is making a circle with your index finger and your thumb.
SHOCKING!~Culturally
The reaction that you seize from my previous paragragh is what is commonly known as "Culture shock". This is where something so normal in ones particular culture, like for example in the United States all toilets look similar to this model:
This is only one aspect of culture shock. Things like, the use of the middle finger in the U.S. which in China is the pinky finger and in Italy is making a circle with your index finger and your thumb.
SHOCKING!~Culturally
Dog toilet! LOL. I never thought of that, but I can see how ethnocentrism might lead to that. Its actually an interesting idea, I wonder if animals could more easily learn to use a toilet like that?!
ReplyDeleteMike, note that culture shock is often a first reaction to another culture, but other cultural differences (or culture traits) are things like language, materials, norms and gestures (your finger example). These are the terms of sociology when describing culture.
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