Sunday, February 7, 2010
Sharing Your Cultural Perspective (due Wednesday, 2/10)
In the interviews we heard with the two ex-smokers, Pat and Donna, Pat's parents knew that he smoked, but Donna kept her smoking a secret from her parents as long as she could. Can you think of any reasons for this difference? In your culture, is it more acceptable for men to smoke than it is for women?
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In China,the number of male smokers is significantly more than females. Male adults who smoked, the proportion (70%) and elderly (69%) are consistent; female adults who smoked, the proportion (4.9%) was lower than the elderly who smoked, the proportion (13.8%).
ReplyDeleteIn 2006, a report about smoke and health has shown that China's current smoking rate of male population as high as 66%. Compared to the survey in 1996, there is a slight decrease .Young people and young women's smoking rates increased. The Statistics has shown that there are 30 million women who are addicted smokers (China has 350 million smokers). Women smokers are also increase 10% every year.
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ReplyDeleteWhy do you think that the number of women smokers is increasing each year?
In the 1950s or earlier, smoking for women were thought to be a bad behaviour in China. I think it probably because of the old concept in our society. In that period, people would think the woman who smokes was not well-educated or an obedient person. After the end of 1970s, a lot of old concept has been broken. Acompanying with women's status being araising,women has the equal rights as the men. I think maybe it is a part of reason for women to try the cigarette.
ReplyDeleteI have some girl friends who were smokers. They told me that they started to smoke partly because of the pressure of study and work.They have to compete with men and struggle for their life; and the other reason was the emotional lose,such as breaking up with boyfirend,living alone by themself,facing a lot of trouble can't be solved. They need to find a way the release themself.
But, nowadays, there are still a large number of men don't accept female somkers.
These days, walking through the Korea's campus, we can find out female students smoking with her male classmates. This is quite different aspect from the past, 70's and 80's. In those times, the fact that women smoke in public could never avoid being blamed severely.
ReplyDeleteEven though the times changed, the viewpoint of smoking women seems still strict in Korea. It seems because Korea has been ruled by the patriarchy for a long time. Under the patriarchy, the role of a woman is mainly restricted on a range of family, and a woman must act womanly and be qualified as a mother, wife. So, smoking seemed to be prohibited in women.
But, it is true that the number of a smoking woman increases in Korea. Did the patriarchy lose the power over women?
I have smoked since I was a middle school students. However, I did not tell my parents because most of the Korean thought that smoking was bad behavior. I had kept my smoking secret until my parents knew when I was a university student. When my parents knew my smoking, they just told me that smoking was not good for your health. However, when they knew my sister's smoking, they scolded her. most Korean thought women' smoking was worse than men' smoking. It was a Korean tradition. However, I saw some girls who were smoking while I was staying in Korea during winter vacation. If they smoked a decade years ago, they would be reproached, but not now. I think it is one of traditions that has changed.
ReplyDeleteEveryone knows that smoking can cause cancer when you get older, but did you know that it also has bad effects on your body right now? A cigarette contains about 4000 chemicals, many of which are poisonous. In my opinion, I can accept men smoke, however, the women, I don't agree with them. This is my personal idea, maybe I'm a female. At first, i never think smoke is bad behavior, maybe the people have stressed, they need smoke reduce stressed. Then, for men, smoke will become a habit when they grow up. They think it's cool, and sometimes, a smoking man has a special charm. On the other side, a cigarette contains about 4000 chemicals, many of which are poisonous. It is very harmful our health. And I think a woman will lose her charm when she is smoking. First, smoking can make your teeth become not beautiful, if the woman smoke for a long time, when smile to you, you see her teeth, what do you think about? Then your fingers also can show off you smoke or not. In my city, we very care about our hands, because hands like our second faces. At last, a woman smoke let me think the <>,let me remind the noble woman ,she was smoking and spurning that girl. So I can't accept it. And I also think the girl should take care your health and bodies, this is very important!
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ReplyDeleteThe Society always takes care more on women behavior than men, it could be because of how the history of the world has been going on. It tells us women must be delicates and healthy. That's why parents took care more about their daughters.
ReplyDeleteIn my country, teenagers both genders are starting to smoke very young. It is a kind of fashion style that could be destroying their life. Normally, parents ignore that their sons and daughters are smokers. They keep it on secret like Donna. They don't want to accept this bad habits in front of their family.
Many experiences showed me that when parents realized the problem, first they felt angry, but then they accepted this behavior as normal. I think that's why in my country the rate of smoker is growing up, specially on teenagers.
I think there is no reason because smoking is bad habit and it isn't necessary to secret it for both genders. In my culture, nowadays both genders start to smoke at the youngest age and they don't tell their parents. They think that if their families learn it, they aren't allowed to smoke. Both genders think like that but they don't know their parents think them. Parents think that smoking is very bad habit and it affects their bodies badly.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, we all knew that smoking has a negative effects in our health. In my country which is Saudi Arabia, the majority of smokers are young people.Why is that? The answer is because of their parents smoking.Other thing is they are teen, so the want to do something mew or unusual.Moreover there is no control on them.We won't forget the most important reason which is friends. Those teen how smoke have friends how smoke too so they want to do as their friends do.Now a days, the government of Saudi Arabia trying to fight this bad habit.And the number of smokers is reducing .
ReplyDeleteI think the major reason for this difference is culture. In my culture, I think it is much more acceptable for men to smoke than it is for women. When I was in high school, most parents did not care their sons smoked. Sometimes, they were angry just because they thought their sons smoked too early. Smoking after graduating from high is no problem at all. On the contrary, most parents thought only bad girls smoked. However, in resent years, more and more office ladies smoke. The culture has a little bit changed.
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