Video on Geert Hofstede's dimensions of a country's culture. 

 

Geert Hofstede, assisted by others, came up with six basic issues that society needs to come to term with in order to organize itself. These are called dimensions of culture. Each of them has been expressed on a scale that runs roughly from 0 to 100.

 

Masculinity is the extent to which the use of force in endorsed socially.

 

In a masculine society, men are supposed to be tough. Men are supposed to be from Mars, women from Venus. Winning is important for both genders. Quantity is important and big is beautiful. In a feminine society, the genders are emotionally closer. Competing is not so openly endorsed, and there is sympathy for the underdog.

 

This is NOT about individuals, but about expected emotional gender roles. Masculine societies are much more openly gendered than feminine societies. 

 

Source of text: https://geerthofstede.com/culture-geert-hofstede-gert-jan-hofstede/6d-model-of-national-culture/

 

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