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1、AcomparativestudyonattitudestowardprivacyinWesternandChinesecultures.TherearegreatdifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternculture,whichleadstotheirdifferentviewsonprivacy.Forthousandsofyears,mostofChinesepeoplelivinginthecountryandpeopleoftenliveinthevillagefromgenerationtogeneration,sotheyareveryfami
2、liarwithandcareabouteachother.Itiscommonforthemtotalkaboutfamilyorpersonalproblems.Inaddition,Chinesepeoplealwaysdon'tagreewith"private"andregardindividualrightsasprivateinterests.However,medievalagricultureofWesternEuropeawasdevelopedbytheformofmanor.Thecircumstanceofclosedandnon-interferenceine
3、achothermakeswesternersgraduallyproducedarelativelyindependentcharacter.Sowesternersadvocateindependenceandarenotwillingtootherstointerfereintheirlife.Theythinkthatprivacycan'tbeviolated.ThedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesterncultureareshowninthefollowingaspects:（一）TheageInChina,itisaverycommontoa
4、sksomeone'sage.Whenapersonistoldthathisappearancelookslessthanhisactualage(exceptforchildren),hewouldthinkthatthisisakindofpraise,especiallyforwomen.Inaddition,inChina,the"old"isasymbolofexperienceandknowledge,sotheelderlydonotrejecttoexposetheirage.Westernsocietyisfiercelycompetitivesocietyandth
5、eoldagemeansretiringfromthestageofsocialcompetition.Theelderlyalwayshaveasenseofindependentandself-esteem,sotheydon'twanttorevealtheirage.Forwomen,"old"alsomeanslossingcharm,whichisakindofpain.（一）TheincomeInChina,peopleliketoaskothers'wages,especiallytheoneswhohavejustfoundajobaftergraduatingorha
6、vebeenpromoted.Besides,whenpeoplehavedinneronSpringFestival,wealsoliketomentionthistopic.Inthewest,thepersonalincomemoreorlessreflectsaperson'sability.Forlow-incomepeople,inparticular,theyarenotwillingtotalkabouttheincome.Therichalsoregardpersonalincomeastheirprivacybecauseofthepropertysecurity.（
7、二）ThespaceDuetohistoricalreasons,ChinesepeoplehavealwaysSharedgeographicalspacewithotherssothatweareaccustomedtothecrowdanddon'thaveastrongsenseofpersonalspace.Especiallyinthecountryside,peopleoftengetintoothers'housew
