66 Ways In Which We Differ

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66 Ways We Differ
1. How we define “proper” behavior 2. How and when we greet each other 3. What’s considered common courtesy 4. What’s polite or impolite 5. Howclosely we stand to each other 6. The holidays we celebrate and how we celebrate them 7. How we show respect and disrespect 8. How and when we use money, credit, and bartering 9. The range in which wenegotiate 10. What is modest or risqué 11. What is embarrassing or shameful 12. What makes us feel good, and what depresses us 13. What makes us proud, and what shames us 14. What, when, and how we eat anddrink 15. What we wear, and when and where we wear it 16. How we see and behave toward sickness and health 17. How and when we seek and use health services 18. What we find funny or sad 19. How andwhen we use means of transportation 20. What we buy and sell, and when, how, and with whom we do it 21. When, where, and how we sit and stand 22. If, how, and when we touch each other 23. What webelieve 24. What we value 25. What makes “common sense” 26. What are worthwhile goals in life 27. What is beautiful or ugly 28. The nature of God and other religious beliefs 29. What we believe we need anddon’t need 30. Whether privacy is desirable or undesirable 31. Who makes what decisions, and in what circumstances 32. Whether a person is in control of his or her own life, or whether fatedetermines it 33. What should be communicated directly, and what indirectly 34. What or who is clean or dirty 35. What language, dialect, and tone of voice we use 36. To whom we speak and to whom we do notspeak 37. The role of the individual

38. The roles of men and women, and how each should behave 39. The roles of parents and children, and how each should behave 40. The importance of harmony in agroup 41. The importance of competition between individuals 42. Social class 43. Educational levels 44. Hierarchy in business relationships 45. How time is understood and used 46. Whether schedules...