- Oct 2024
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Marge Simpson is seldom shy about expressing disapproval when her husband or her children misbehave. She frequently communicates her feelings through her facial expressions, posture, and the grunting sound she makes when she’s annoyed. Those and other nonverbal communication behaviors clearly convey Marge’s state of mind to anyone who happens to be around her
Obviously this is a TV show, it this does happen to so many women with families. I am very strong willed and would not put up with being so submissive or subtle. People and children need to be aware of people’s feelings. And as a parent and wife you need to be strong enough emotionally to communicate that.
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The fact that two people come from different cultures doesn’t mean they can’t communicate with each other nonverbally. It simply means they should be aware of the many ways in which their cultural background is influencing how they do so.
Very true. At the end of the day we are all human. Sometimes we just have to be more aware of how we interact with other cultures, because we would not want to come across as rude or insensitive.
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Decades of research indicate that people around the world express emotions—particularly primary emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust—in highly similar ways
This is very true! Especially when going to big cities it’s easy to be disgusted at the homelessness and drug use, it’s hard to not make faces or want to help. In bigger cities it’s more common to hide your facial expressions and just look at the ground instead of a more blunt approach.
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