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1、AcomparativestudyonattitudestowardprivacyinWesternandChinesecultures.TherearegreatdifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternculture,whichleadstotheirdifferentviewsonprivacy.Forthousandsofyears,mostofChinesepeoplelivinginthecountryandpeopleoftenliveinthevillagefromgenerationtogeneration,sotheyare
2、veryfamiliarwithandcareabouteachother.Itiscommonforthemtotalkaboutfamilyorpersonalproblems.Inaddition,Chinesepeoplealwaysdon'tagreewith"private"andregardindividualrightsasprivateinterests.However,medievalagricultureofWesternEuropeawasdevelopedbytheformofmanor.Thecircumstanceofclosedandnon
3、-interferenceineachothermakeswesternersgraduallyproducedarelativelyindependentcharacter.Sowesternersadvocateindependenceandarenotwillingtootherstointerfereintheirlife.Theythinkthatprivacycan'tbeviolated.ThedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesterncultureareshowninthefollowingaspects:（一）TheageIn
4、China,itisaverycommontoasksomeone'sage.Whenapersonistoldthathisappearancelookslessthanhisactualage(exceptforchildren),hewouldthinkthatthisisakindofpraise,especiallyforwomen.Inaddition,inChina,the"old"isasymbolofexperienceandknowledge,sotheelderlydonotrejecttoexposetheirage.Westernsocietyi
5、sfiercelycompetitivesocietyandtheoldagemeansretiringfromthestageofsocialcompetition.Theelderlyalwayshaveasenseofindependentandself-esteem,sotheydon'twanttorevealtheirage.Forwomen,"old"alsomeanslossingcharm,whichisakindofpain.（一）TheincomeInChina,peopleliketoaskothers'wages,especiallytheone
6、swhohavejustfoundajobaftergraduatingorhavebeenpromoted.Besides,whenpeoplehavedinneronSpringFestival,wealsoliketomentionthistopic.Inthewest,thepersonalincomemoreorlessreflectsaperson'sability.Forlow-incomepeople,inparticular,theyarenotwillingtotalkabouttheincome.Therichalsoregardpersonalin
7、comeastheirprivacybecauseofthepropertysecurity.（二）ThespaceDuetohistoricalreasons,ChinesepeoplehavealwaysSharedgeographicalspacewithotherssothatweareaccustomedtothecrowdanddon'thaveastrongsenseofpersonalspace.Especiallyinthecountryside,peopleoftengetintoothers'housew
