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69 sats \ 7 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 27 May \ parent \ on: What is your country’s cultural code for work? earth
Do you think that women take a back seat because they value pursuits outside of work or because they don’t fancy having to adapt themselves to emerge tops in male-dominated industries?
Personally, I think it’s great that Gen Z don’t devote their entire identities to work. The side hustle culture is strong amidst them. However, I don’t quite like how they expect things to be changed just because they happen to have the first mover advantage in regard to some emerging technologies haha
I can only really speak to the American context, but there's a lot of evidence that women are very willing to sacrifice earning potential for their other priorities.
That's not exactly the same as not attaching self-worth to their career, but it's in the same direction. Women tend to have more similarly valued priorities, while men tend to focus on a top priority.
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Interesting. I will say that Singaporean ladies are as competitive and ambitious as their male counterparts. It’s encoded in our DNA. We even have a Singlish word for it: kiasu (scared to lose out). We exemplified FOMO before it was even a thing.
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That doesn't surprise. It's also true of my Chinese friends.
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You only spent a few weeks there but it has had a lasting impact on your worldview, huh?
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I didn't make any Chinese friends while I was there. Those friendships came from grad school.
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I see! Do you still keep in touch with them? Have they been Americanised?
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I'm absurdly bad about staying in touch with people. For the first year or so after finishing we did ok, but I haven't heard much since.
Most of them ended up back in China, whether or not that's what they were hoping for.
The visa system here stinks, unless you can get a permanent academic appointment. Otherwise, you only get a one year work visa and that's not a tenable situation to be in professionally.
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