This topic is hard to me becuse I haven't think about this and I don't know nothing of American cultures. But I think about this and try to write. This is my opinion.
Why would there be a different notion of personal space across cultures?
In my opinion, That reason is dirrerences between cultures. In the past, Americans require more personal space than Koreans. Americans highly regard one's privacy and has individualism. On the other hand, Koreans has familism and warm human affection.
To protect privacy, Americans hope other people don't come close. Because Koreans lay stress on warm human affection, they want to enjoy the companionship of other people. Do you know one maxim that Near neighbor is better than a distant cousin"?. Near neighbor share all the joys and sorrows with other neighbor.
Korean has some custom.
Korean exchange work in rural areas, expecially during farming season in spring and harvest time.
Also, Together They prepare food and provide a helping hand for memorial service,wedding ceremony and funeral.
Cultures is one's way of thinking. Culteres is brought to descendant. Traditional way of thinking wield strong influence with behavior of people to modern time.
Your post occasionally inspires me with living hard. It's good.
답글삭제Although Americans may have a stronger need for privacy, I also think most share "familism" and "warm human affection" with Koreans. I also think many Koreans appreciate having their own personal space when they can. Nobody likes to be crowded around by people all of the time. Perhaps we have more in common than not. Differences in personal space may just be a minor difference between our cultures.
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