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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, don't start comparing cultures.  There are some bad things about all cultures, including South Asian and East Asian (I'm Korean).  I could start a long list for South Asians, too. Oh, and btw, my one parent hasn't spoken to a sibling in over 30 yrs due to some stupid squabble.[/quote]

I can't tell if OP is naive or extremely smug, or both. But I'll bite and offer up some of my own cultural generalizations: There is a lot of repression of women in SA culture,  forcing us to stick to hearth and home and tend to family needs in a way that may make it look to the outside world that it is borne of affection. It isn't in most cases. Relying on other resources, like money, or free reign as a solution to help family isn't usually an option, unless the one controlling the purse strings (man, family patriarch) wants to. This isn't love or regard for family. It's control.

My SA mom hasn't spoken to her brother in 20 year and doesn't give a fig about her niece and nephew. My dad's sisters and their husbands were always financially needy headaches, and we barely talk to them. So, not all as you interpret OP.[/quote]

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