Wednesday, March 14, 2012
What are some differences between South Korean Men and Taiwanese Men?
What are some differences between South Korean Men and Taiwanese Men?
I am hosting a college student from South Korea and after he leaves we will be having a student from Taiwan. tudents we get are male) What are some differences between the cultures? From the student we have we learned that Korean men are very polite but messy. Thanks for any input. P.S. I'm not at all trying to stereotype a race! We are trying to learn about other cultures by hosting these students. Wow robert your a bright one... Thank you Jason C. That is the kind of info I am looking for.
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country of origin
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It is very difficult to tell the differences from appearance, especially for a non-asian person. The young generation of Taiwanese men tend to be outgoing. Normally, they tend to have good habits, like taking shoes off in the house, greeting people, etc.
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Taiwanese are fairly westernized, possibly moreso than Koreans. Everyone is an individual so its hard to generalize. Its unlikely that a person who would do a homestay would be very traditional. Many Taiwanese young men have never left home, much like Korean young men, thus they tend to perhaps be messy and less able to take care of themselves. Drinking alcolhol is less common for university aged females, but males here will drink much lighter than Western aged males at equivalent age. (ie not as much binge drinking with the exception of the odd whiskey binges during their required army service) (usually) Both Korean and Taiwanese generally are motivated by money and economics before personal pleasure. Beer is not often consumed by Taiwanese with Chinese descent, if he is of aborigine descent he will be more likely to take up that. Tea is a safe drink offer as well as cola. Korean culture- they eat Kimchee (pickled vegetables) with every meal. Taiwanese culture- they tend to lean towards boiled vegetables and fried streetfoods and are generally more curious about foreign foods. When I was in Korea it was more difficult to find affordable foreign restaurants and generally the foreign food in Korea (outside of Korean food) was not as good as the food prepared in Taiwan. There is much more openness and acceptance of difference in Taiwanese culture compared to the ULTRA conservative Korean culture which prizes traditions. Taiwan, having many more ethnic groups and competing tribes upon it, being a strategic geographic central point for accessing SE Asia, tends to have a more cosmopolitan outlook. (Korean food was actually quite amazing, so I dont blame them for sticking to it, I just got a bit tired of kimchee each meal after 2 weeks) That being said, Korea has an amazing focus on technological opportunities and probably a better ability to societally organize and work together than Taiwan, which tends to be much more you do as you wish, a herding cats mentality of organization. There are many amazing, open minded Korean males and ultra-conservative Han culture obsessed Taiwanese who wish to rejoin their 'brothers' in China as well. (most likely they are losers who couldnt get laid in Taiwan and want to suck up to China and cause strife in Taiwan and generally get some easy attention) But it is unlikely you will recieve some kind of nationalist, except perhaps in relation to the Taiwan vs China question. Most people here feel strongly about the independance of Taiwan, but accept the similarities in culture, much like Canadians and Australians and Americans have similarities to British, but would not consider themselves denizens of England. Taiwanese tend to be more flexible and open and curious towards cultural change than from what I see in Korea.
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one thing i know is that koreans in general love their beer; men and women alike drink beer regularly as soon as they hit 18. taiwanese drink comparatively less beer, many do not drink regularly.
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Asian men in general will act very polite to hosts. Even if they do like something they will tend to tolerate it. I don't think you will find much difference between the two especially if they are students. The Korean guy is just a slob, nothing to do with culture.
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