they assigned the ones they considered more rudimentary to earlier evolutionary stages, while the ones they considered more complex were assigned to the more advanced stages.
Who gets to decide which culture is 'advanced' or 'rudimentary'?"
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A “good” mother is a mother who puts her children at the center of her life at all times,
this idea of a ‘good’ mom being someone who gives up everything for her kids is so common. And like, it’s kind of true in how moms are expected to act but it really shouldn’t all fall on the mom. That’s a lot of pressure, and it feels unfair.
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we must use shared ways of thinking about them.
This kinda of sums it all up we don’t just see we interpret through what we’ve learned together.
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What do you do in the morning to get ready for the day? That is cultural practice. What do you do when someone comes over to your house? That is cultural practice. What do you do when you’re hungry? That is cultural practice.
I like that this connects culture to everyday stuff. It makes it easier to see how everyone lives in a culture not just people in other countries.
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Blinking is biological. Acquired human behaviors—that is, behaviors that people are taught—are cultural. Winking is cultural.
This clear contrast really shows how culture adds layers of meaning to even small physical acts
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