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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I come from a very patriarchal culture (another country). This might surprise you but all my male relatives treated their mothers with a lot of care and respect. Two of my uncles and their wives cared for each of my respective grandmothers - and I am talking physical care like feeding, cleaning etc.

I find the wealthier people become, the more independent, self-reliant and self focused they become. This is why you see such an atomized society in a wealthy country like the US.

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Interesting point [/quote]

The actual point is the societies and classes that live in multigenerational houses and never move. 
Thus everyone socializes the income (and $ remittances!) and care-taking.  Although there is always the family moocher! And they will always ask the richies in America for more cash each month! [/quote]

Hmmm the point for me from PP’s anecdotes was very different - there is no right or wrong to what points you get out of posts. To me this post was interesting because it broadened the discussion from biology versus nurture by highlighting other influences on gender behavior and family care  - economic class, modern life undermining some  traditional support structures and that some non western cultures may be more progressive than ours in terms of men helping to care for family members in need.

America is an immigrant society … we are all immigrants at one time or another …. Immigrants are not a monolithic group but highly divergent … many immigrants are highly educated or risk takers that bring much more to society than they take…[/quote]

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