Vietnamese and pakistani Culture

A detailed Summary of Vietnamese and pakistani Culture

What is culture? Culture is set of learned behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, values, and ideas that are characteristic of a particular society or population. In this paper, I will compare and contrast Pakistani and Vietnamese culture. Furthermore, I will discuss what I have learned from this exercise.

In Vietnam traditional role of the woman in society has been that of nurturer: to stay within the confines of the home for the purpose of caring for the family. In Pakistan and Vietnam women are raised and taught how to become good daughters, wives, and mothers. They are told that they must obey their husbands, respect their parents and their parents-in-law, and work hard to support the family. In Vietnam parents does not prefer their daughters to go to school or work in a position that is normally occupied by a man. Most of the women do not work. They stay home and look after their family. In Pakistan most of waves and daughters stay out of sight of other men because of the religion strictness. Pakistani women stay in the house, behind the veil, in special sections of buses, and in the "family" area of the restaurants. For Pakistani Muslims this is the way to show respect and devotion towards wo

Learning about different cultures, and people always fascinated me. Because of my interest I have traveled all over the world. But what really interests me that how women are treated in every country. How women are treated in male dominant society and what women are fighting towards femininity independence. While I was interviewing these two individuals from two different cultures I was surprise to see how similar they are. I have learned a lot not only about Vietnamese culture but my own. I never thought that girls are treated less than boys because we are only two sisters and I don't remember my parents ever restricted us from doing something we desire.

Family size in Vietnam is fairly large. Back in the days 12-16 was normal family size. However, as poverty and population has increased so the family size has decreased to 3-4. On other hand side, in Pakistan typical family size is about 3-5. In Pakistan and in Vietnam parents prefer to have sons than daughters. In both cultures Parents expect their children to be perfect and obedience. Therefore, strict physical punishment is used for discipline. Parents are usually very hard and strict on girls however they are flexible when it comes to boys. Parents are more protective about daughters and they expect girls to know and does everything for instance: cook, clean, sew, and in other words perfect in house chores. Guys are very spoiled, they get everything they want but t

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