Sylvain Liège

National culture is the name we give to that which distinguishes the people of one country from those of another. National culture runs deep. It is taught to children from the day they are born. Does it matter whether a child is female or male? What about social class? Do children accompany their mother all day? Does the family sleep in one room or even in one bed? Do grown-ups teach their children to use different behaviour toward the elderly, the young men, women? To stand up and fight or to sit down and talk? To speak their mind or to save others’ face? To wear shirts, shorts, veils, caps? Or are all these things theirs to decide, and if so from what age? — Gert Jan Hofstede and al, Exploring Culture