[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-26 days agoThe family name goes first in East Asian names, reflecting the fact that they value family over individual; Whatever the parents' idea of "family" is, triumphs over the children's individuality.message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareThe family name goes first in East Asian names, reflecting the fact that they value family over individual; Whatever the parents' idea of "family" is, triumphs over the children's individuality.[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-26 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBrainsploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoThis seems a shallow take to me, couldn’t you just as well go: In the US people adress eachother by (Mr/Mrs) family name, putting the family above individuality. Which ofc is less prominent in the US than in more communal cultures like those in Japan or China.
This seems a shallow take to me, couldn’t you just as well go:
In the US people adress eachother by (Mr/Mrs) family name, putting the family above individuality.
Which ofc is less prominent in the US than in more communal cultures like those in Japan or China.