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Week 6: Response to "Differences in Emotional Expressivity" - 10/21/2021

     We will start this week talking about Emotional Expressivity. For, this subject has many layers than the Culture by itself. Personality also plays an important role in this topic. I think that personality has a strong impact especially on those people who is "different" than their own culture.

    Allow me to share my personal experience to explain it better. I live in a large country, with many different ancestors. In the south, where I was born and raised, most of the population are descendants of East Europeans. In the Southeast, we have descendants from West Europe, especially Portugal and also from Africa. Nowadays, we are a mixed people, but we still can find some aspects from our Ancestors Culture in each region. In the south, we have "colder" people than in the rest of the country. Curitiba's people are known as the coldest ones! For them, that's ok to not greet everyone or hug them, to not invite colleagues to their homes, to not talk with strangers about themselves, or just to give them information! And as I said, it's ok! I know that not everyone will say hello, that in social places people will greet me with a handshake, and I will not be invited to their home unless we are more than just colleagues if we are real friends. Rio de Janeiro ‘peoples, on the other hand, is totally the opposite. They will greet everyone, give hugs and kisses on their cheeks, will talk with you in the line at the supermarket, and will tell you about their lives, and you will be invited to many different friend meetings, even if you aren't close. And that is ok for them.

    I lived in Curitiba, and I served as a volunteer in the Self-Reliance Center. My role was at the front desk and helping the brethren to find jobs offerings. When I moved to Rio de Janeiro to get married, the first thing that I did was a volunteer in their Self-Reliance Center. My fiancée worked nearby so we decided to have lunch together. I felt so overwhelmed by all those people inquiring me and invading my personal space that I asked my fiancée to help to get back home. I couldn't return and serve for the rest of the day. Eventually, I was getting familiar, I lived there for almost 10 years. But I am a shy person. Isn't just about my culture. I wasn't "cold" because I was from Curitiba. I was a shy person living among very warm people. I can't say how many times I heard this "counsel": "You need to be a more open person. You do not live in Curitiba anymore; you must act like people from Rio de Janeiro."

    And as soon I started to speak people knew by my accent that I was from the south part of the Country. I have heard this counsel from people that I haven't any kind of relationship with. They were just customers in the place I worked. This is why I mentioned the personality also has an important role. I guess that this isn't an exception, but for sure people tend to act accordingly with the culture about Emotional Expressivity where they live.

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