Open thread, Mar. 16 - Mar. 22, 2015

MrMind

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and then she did it and acted hurt and told me she is tired of always needing to tell me

That's pretty classical passive-aggressive behaviour. I don't think it has much to do with guess-vs-ask cultures.

But I agree that there is probably some gender correlation.

Yes, but passive-aggression is what guess-people do when upset, and active-aggression is what ask-people do when upset.

6JoshuaZ11y

The idea that there's a gender correlation, whether for cultural or biological reasons certainly is something I've seen a fair bit when this comes up as a subject. See for example here. This one where cultural distinctions are going to be very difficult since some cultures (e.g. China) are so heavily on one side. It would I think be very interesting to see if the obvious gender trend in the West still is true in those extreme examples- it would be pretty strong evidence of a biological basis.

7NancyLebovitz11y

It seems plausible that Hint cultures lead to passive aggression-- if you can't be just plain aggressive, what have you got left?

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