I know this may be a bit forward for some of you, but I just have to write about this!
So I have seen this more than once and it got me thinking. I’m sure you all know how I like to make things equal…especially when it comes to men and women. If you didn’t know this, why are you reading my blog?
It’s funny when you are in a country where you are learning the language. Some of the words the person will translate for you when in conversation are the easy words. They are the words that I already know. Like obrigada. Obrigada means thank-you. It’s like the first thing you learn coming here. Why can’t they translate a harder word… like the word for hanger or something.
Hand motions and body language can also be a great determinant to what is being said…sometimes… as long as the context isn’t completely lost… which happens because it’s not only a language barrier here, there’s a cultural difference which accounts for the odd things my mama here would talk to me about…
Anyways, let me get back to the original question. More than once or twice, I have encountered a guy here talk about a woman, may it be his wife, mother, or just some woman. They aren’t saying anything bad about the woman, just referring to a woman, and because my first language is English, they use gestures and body language (maybe more for me, anyways). When they refer to a woman, they use the hands and place them under the boob region on their own chest as if holding up their boobs. Does that mean that as a woman when I am referring to a man, should I put my hand down by my crotch region as if holding a penis? I’m sure we Americans do some gestures and such that seem quite odd to other cultures… even probably within the states themselves… but now, I will just leave you with that thought…
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