Cultural issues in LTR

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Hi there!

There are people who get attacked here on the forum, even though they are trying to learn from their lives and experiences. These individuals want to connect with others, whether they are more experienced or not, who have gone through similar situations but in different cultures.


This might seem trivial, but it actually generates a lot of dissent here. It’s easy to understand how people who have lived in the United States try to give advice to those living in Italy.
For example: as soon as they see posts that they consider problematic, users are mocked, and the forum takes on a different tone. We cannot blame anyone; we simply need to recognize that our cultures are different.


Speaking from my experience, I don’t know if it works the same way for you but in Italy, the relationship between men and women has deep historical roots.

In the 1930s, men would get angry easily while women managed the household and raised children—often 7 or 8 per family. Relationships were forced and often based on hatred and fear/dread as was the case with my grandfather and grandmother.

Fast forward to my father’s generation in the 1960s, where there was an attempt to replicate what had been done before but with fewer children—less than three per family. The situation remained similar but men were more sensitive and reactive while women had a more dominant role.



Using my father as an example, I see that he perfectly represents the Italian man-woman relationship. Many families are structured this way; it’s the majority in Italy. Men are very reactive to women’s tests and can get angry easily. They are reliable but lose control quickly (just a bit of traffic can ruin their day or have them swear god).
When their wives are on their menstrual cycle, they might "run away" to find comfort at the nearest bar, where they gossip with other men who have done the same.
With children, there are issues because they struggle to command respect or discipline them. They possess some positive traits derived from their negative behaviors: the IDGAF attitude and irrational confidence stemming from their fixed mindset.

Most of current relationships, for example my friends with their high school girlfriends follow this pattern. Couples who have reached their 40s exhibit similar behaviors to those of my parents. Sometimes I wonder if the man described here as a "DJ" is truly what women are looking for, in Italy, considering they also grew up with feminine/broken fathers and dominant mothers.
Basically any father here in Italy it's not replying well to a **** test, but the contrary.. and that keep him in a LTR? How strange...
That’s why I see men who could embody good "DJ" behavior being regarded as high-value men in Italy; they may be successful sexually but fail in relationships.


Living something for which we weren’t programmed hurts because we’ve wasted time doing things incorrectly. It hurts even more to realize that we must accept our flaws and continually learn more.
But when you elevate yourself above the mediocrity of those around you, women notice it.
Most importantly, You too!
You will feel different: independent and mature.



Now returning to the issue of cultural differences: Is the situation of monogamous relationships in Italy similar to that in your country? What do you consider to be the ideal monogamous relationship, and how could it be applied in your cultural context? Given the conditioning received by both sexes, does anyone truly know what they want?
If someone grow up in this kind of LTR, let's say a woman, how could she desire a "DJ" when is father is a "women" in the first instance?
 

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I can't really answer your questions but I do also agree this board and men in general are ignorant of how cultural differences effect dating strategy, intentions, expectations, etc. For instance, many men insist you must wait for the women to "push" for a relationship, but in some cultures it's probably the mans job to lead every single bit of the interaction, including setting the tone of and expectations of the relationship and expressing desire to be commited, and a man's passivity in this context could be seen as weakness.
 

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Hi there!

There are people who get attacked here on the forum, even though they are trying to learn from their lives and experiences. These individuals want to connect with others, whether they are more experienced or not, who have gone through similar situations but in different cultures.


This might seem trivial, but it actually generates a lot of dissent here. It’s easy to understand how people who have lived in the United States try to give advice to those living in Italy.
For example: as soon as they see posts that they consider problematic, users are mocked, and the forum takes on a different tone. We cannot blame anyone; we simply need to recognize that our cultures are different.


Speaking from my experience, I don’t know if it works the same way for you but in Italy, the relationship between men and women has deep historical roots.

In the 1930s, men would get angry easily while women managed the household and raised children—often 7 or 8 per family. Relationships were forced and often based on hatred and fear/dread as was the case with my grandfather and grandmother.

Fast forward to my father’s generation in the 1960s, where there was an attempt to replicate what had been done before but with fewer children—less than three per family. The situation remained similar but men were more sensitive and reactive while women had a more dominant role.



Using my father as an example, I see that he perfectly represents the Italian man-woman relationship. Many families are structured this way; it’s the majority in Italy. Men are very reactive to women’s tests and can get angry easily. They are reliable but lose control quickly (just a bit of traffic can ruin their day or have them swear god).
When their wives are on their menstrual cycle, they might "run away" to find comfort at the nearest bar, where they gossip with other men who have done the same.
With children, there are issues because they struggle to command respect or discipline them. They possess some positive traits derived from their negative behaviors: the IDGAF attitude and irrational confidence stemming from their fixed mindset.

Most of current relationships, for example my friends with their high school girlfriends follow this pattern. Couples who have reached their 40s exhibit similar behaviors to those of my parents. Sometimes I wonder if the man described here as a "DJ" is truly what women are looking for, in Italy, considering they also grew up with feminine/broken fathers and dominant mothers.
Basically any father here in Italy it's not replying well to a **** test, but the contrary.. and that keep him in a LTR? How strange...
That’s why I see men who could embody good "DJ" behavior being regarded as high-value men in Italy; they may be successful sexually but fail in relationships.


Living something for which we weren’t programmed hurts because we’ve wasted time doing things incorrectly. It hurts even more to realize that we must accept our flaws and continually learn more.
But when you elevate yourself above the mediocrity of those around you, women notice it.
Most importantly, You too!
You will feel different: independent and mature.



Now returning to the issue of cultural differences: Is the situation of monogamous relationships in Italy similar to that in your country? What do you consider to be the ideal monogamous relationship, and how could it be applied in your cultural context? Given the conditioning received by both sexes, does anyone truly know what they want?
If someone grow up in this kind of LTR, let's say a woman, how could she desire a "DJ" when is father is a "women" in the first instance?
Cheer up, J... For the past two decades, men(and, for that matter, most women) in The US-be they in The Oval Office or waiting tables at PF Chang's-have worn their public meltdowns in face of the slightest difficulty like badges of pride

Life here isn't that much different from life in Italy
 

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Cheer up, J... For the past two decades, men(and, for that matter, most women) in The US-be they in The Oval Office or waiting tables at PF Chang's-have worn their public meltdowns in face of the slightest difficulty like badges of pride

Life here isn't that much different from life in Italy
I always wondered if what I see here in LTR's is the same across the majority of "developed countries".

Also, I always wondered if the women leaving this generation are really into more submissive, reactive, childish man instead of DJ's, because of the trauma, cultural expectation and broken education the family create in their childhood.
 

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I think we really have to look at things through different lenses but realize that we can endlessly categorize people also, never get into the "all women are like that" mindset but realize that there can be similar programming among them.

Culture of course can play a big role in someones beliefs. I also believe that someone family background plays a huge role. Attachment style theory is something i knew zero about before my marriage issues but it explains a lot of the behavior i see from my wife.

I wouldn't think women would want more submissive, reactive childish men. A lot of women (and men) having trouble making decisions, so they look for confident people with leadership skills. People who take action. Sure women (and men) will resist authority, fight back, but they respect it more than the submissive reactive types you mention.
 

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Also, I always wondered if the women leaving this generation are really into more submissive, reactive, childish man instead of DJ's, because of the trauma, cultural expectation and broken education the family create in their childhood.
Women-like all humans-will SAY they desire something, even when their behavior dictates otherwise. Thus, it's not at all uncommon to hear chicks in The Post-Industrial West claim "We want men who will treat us as equal partners", even as they're soaking their knickers for men who are more powerful than they are, who will be their leaders
 

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Right, my wife is SE Asian and she is highly responsive to blue pill stuff. I am not romantic at all, but cooking for her. Foot massage . Being a gentleman, all these things lead to getting oats.

men in her culture do not wear the trousers generally. Women run society, contrary to popular belief. The men get severely betaised, yet, it’s accepted that wives have to be sechsually available. She’s said no about 3 times in 7 years and generally the no was for about 3 hours.

Seems to me their dynamic is women basically boss the men around and the guys try to hang out with each other to get away. It’s like the old school henpecked husband who stays late at the bar. My wife kinda said that their deal is the man hands his wallet over and the wife provides sechs! We don’t have this arrangement, we have separate finances but I pay more of the bills, a lot more, but I earn 5 times what she does.

Generally on Brit dating it’s much like America but I would say less emphasis on appearance, and activities are different. For example, going to church here would put off 99% of women, unless they’re from an ethnic community or the woman is Christian. Generally it’s seen as weird. Also alcohol is more dominant. British men are expected to be I guess more male in some ways, I read about dudes going to salsa and dance classes and here, you can only do that if you’re Spanish and called Ramone, it would be seen as a bit odd. On the other hand, American men come off more aggressive generally I would say; more quick to be assertive. I guess it depends on where you are.

it certainly seems American women are very difficult on here and much more into bad boys than elsewhere.
 

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I always wondered if what I see here in LTR's is the same across the majority of "developed countries".

Also, I always wondered if the women leaving this generation are really into more submissive, reactive, childish man instead of DJ's, because of the trauma, cultural expectation and broken education the family create in their childhood.
Well, first of all a DJ is just an imaginary title that for every man individually will have a different meaning.

To me it means being the ultimate you, whatever that may be. Living a life where you have as much control as possible over certain outcomes. For example in regard to women. Or money. Or peace of mind. To put it bluntly: Don Juan is a man who enjoys his life to the fullest .

Anyway: Italian men are sometimes called white black people. The have a lotta similar character traits such as being reactive to women's tests, aggression ect. So to me it aint that difficult to imagine Italian women also being similar to black women. Italy recently joined the "elite" group of countries with the lowest birthrates. Men and women having trouble to REALLY connect in most countries.

Don't forget that times have changed. Rapidly. Most cultures, especially westernized cultures, had this relationship dynamic up untill like 50, 40 years ago . Now you can apply your example to Sweden, France, Australia, Germany, ect ect. Also Japan, south Korea. Dudes in Latin American countries have their complaints. The women (individually) won't be that different from one another...especially behind closed curtains.

Far as I can tell the Arabian countries are the last to be able to assert such dominance on women that they can control the societal narrative, about how a woman should or shouldn't act. But it's only a matter of time.
 

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Mostly culture determines what is private vs public and... how using force is accepted or not.

The root is similar in all places about the desire for security, prestige, affection and sex.

If the culture protects the security of the person (women) then one of the value pillars of a man is not needed.

If the law or religion prevents man from domination, then women will dominate.

Modern psychology has (under the leadership of women) proved that men and women are equal in the mind. This is false, but accepted. It paves the way for what is occurring.

The change is directly related to education(that contains modern psychology). As the later work is showing that differences are real, the impact is already in place. It is directly related to education level where it is taught that men and women are the same. Not culture, education. But the education contains a fallacy.
 

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I can't really answer your questions but I do also agree this board and men in general are ignorant of how cultural differences effect dating strategy, intentions, expectations, etc. For instance, many men insist you must wait for the women to "push" for a relationship, but in some cultures it's probably the mans job to lead every single bit of the interaction, including setting the tone of and expectations of the relationship and expressing desire to be commited, and a man's passivity in this context could be seen as weakness.
How must it be not universal that a man leads a relationship (for the most part, anyway), or that women are sparsely differentiated in a particular culture such that one is bound to meet some that must be pushed, and some that would rather do a little of the pushing?
 

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I know a couple of expats who lives here in The Philippines….yeah it’s an adjustment and you’ve still got to know her culture….

however ya still got to know your role as a man and lead, provide for the relationship….if you’ve got a quality woman, she’ll reciprocate.

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In Post-Industrial Western Nations, there's increasingly a cultural divide between

-Those who bought into everything they heard in grad school, no matter how absurd

-Those who mistake everything they hear from their favorite talk show host/content creator for The Gospel Truth, even though 97% of it is no less shallow and moronic than the sort of gibberish one encounters in the faculty lounge at Yale

-The rest of us, who are of Master Ken's mindset
, and refuse to just buy into all the sh-t we hear and read, as if we're parishioners at The People's Temple

It's increasingly common for everyday people in Los Angeles or London to discover that we have more in common with "liberals" in Cairo who are agitating for the rule of law and reducing restrictions on speech than we do the straight A kids we sat next next to in 10th grade who went straight from HS to The Ivy League, then came out believing Matsuda, Delgado, and Bell https://www.amazon.com/Words-That-Wound-Assaultive-Perspectives/dp/0813384281 for the most complete humans in the history of our species
 

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Anyway: Italian men are sometimes called white black people. The have a lotta similar character traits such as being reactive to women's tests, aggression ect. So to me it aint that difficult to imagine Italian women also being similar to black women. Italy recently joined the "elite" group of countries with the lowest birthrates. Men and women having trouble to REALLY connect in most countries.
This is exactly what I mean.
The day before yesterday, I was having dinner at my father and mother’s house.
My mother got ice cream for everyone, and my father asked her to serve him a glass. (We put it in the glass).
My mother refused, and when my father went to get the ice cream by himself, she insulted him and made fun of him.
He snapped and forcefully left the spoon in the ice cream container, then took the glass and crushed it on the floor. After five minutes, it was clear that he was very reactive to anything she said.

I was watching the scene and realized who I had been influenced by for at least 20 years of my life.
I am grateful to him for everything, but I need to get these dynamics out of my head.
I consider him a feminine men. I can say the same about my brother-in-law; he behaves like that too.

I do strive to have real man examples in my life. This is to make you understan my passion for getting the "right" knowledge to be a mature men
In Post-Industrial Western Nations, there's increasingly a cultural divide between

-Those who bought into everything they heard in grad school, no matter how absurd

-Those who mistake everything they hear from their favorite talk show host/content creator for The Gospel Truth, even though 97% of it is no less shallow and moronic than the sort of gibberish one encounters in the faculty lounge at Yale

-The rest of us, who are of Master Ken's mindset
, and refuse to just buy into all the sh-t we hear and read, as if we're parishioners at The People's Temple

It's increasingly common for everyday people in Los Angeles or London to discover that we have more in common with "liberals" in Cairo who are agitating for the rule of law and reducing restrictions on speech than we do the straight A kids we sat next next to in 10th grade who went straight from HS to The Ivy League, then came out believing Matsuda, Delgado, and Bell https://www.amazon.com/Words-That-Wound-Assaultive-Perspectives/dp/0813384281 for the most complete humans in the history of our species
Nice pov!
Where do you fit?
 

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Well, first of all a DJ is just an imaginary title that for every man individually will have a different meaning.

To me it means being the ultimate you, whatever that may be. Living a life where you have as much control as possible over certain outcomes. For example in regard to women. Or money. Or peace of mind. To put it bluntly: Don Juan is a man who enjoys his life to the fullest .

Anyway: Italian men are sometimes called white black people. The have a lotta similar character traits such as being reactive to women's tests, aggression ect. So to me it aint that difficult to imagine Italian women also being similar to black women. Italy recently joined the "elite" group of countries with the lowest birthrates. Men and women having trouble to REALLY connect in most countries.

Don't forget that times have changed. Rapidly. Most cultures, especially westernized cultures, had this relationship dynamic up untill like 50, 40 years ago . Now you can apply your example to Sweden, France, Australia, Germany, ect ect. Also Japan, south Korea. Dudes in Latin American countries have their complaints. The women (individually) won't be that different from one another...especially behind closed curtains.

Far as I can tell the Arabian countries are the last to be able to assert such dominance on women that they can control the societal narrative, about how a woman should or shouldn't act. But it's only a matter of time.
Yet, the men in many ways are hugely beta. There is a lot of examples of them going absolutely apesheet when their target of affection turns them down.

on the streets of Europe this is seen, watch it on X. They are extremely offended when Syrian unemployed man in a tracksuit is turned down by western woman.

I guess it’s the result of most of your knowledge of western women is from pern, and you’ve been raised to think the wests women are jumping into bed with everyone, and you’re infinitely superior.

I’m not including my decent Arabic bros as there’s plenty, but it’s a generally theme with the less educated.
 

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This is exactly what I mean.
The day before yesterday, I was having dinner at my father and mother’s house.
My mother got ice cream for everyone, and my father asked her to serve him a glass. (We put it in the glass).
My mother refused, and when my father went to get the ice cream by himself, she insulted him and made fun of him.
He snapped and forcefully left the spoon in the ice cream container, then took the glass and crushed it on the floor. After five minutes, it was clear that he was very reactive to anything she said.

I was watching the scene and realized who I had been influenced by for at least 20 years of my life.
I am grateful to him for everything, but I need to get these dynamics out of my head.
I consider him a feminine men. I can say the same about my brother-in-law; he behaves like that too.

I do strive to have real man examples in my life. This is to make you understan my passion for getting the "right" knowledge to be a mature men

Nice pov!
Where do you fit?
Well , you do reach that age where it's about time to cut the perpetual circle you describe. The times also force men to do so. It's EXTREMELY challenging to find a woman and keep her locked forever.

Culturally you'll be hard-pressed to find these rolemodels. Your example is oozing frustration. You have to observe and apply the knowledge you gained. The first thing that comes to mind is holding frame regardless of what test a woman throws at you.

My Arab homeboy just got married to a young Arabic girl from his home country. But it's FAR from a great situation. He does this to male his weenie happy, and to simultaneously please his parents. Won't be long before she will despise him . He feels like he has to " maintain cultural dynamics " but the REAL reason is he (believes) he can't get a woman here because he is 5,5, Arabic ,Muslim ect. He has ZERO game.

You decide if what you witness will be your future, or whether you break the circle. I bet someone can introduce you to some local (desperate) woman who will marry you and poof, you are your father now; stuck with a woman who doesn't care about nor respect you.
 

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It's EXTREMELY challenging to find a woman and keep her locked forever.
I do believe to what science says. Mere exposure effect and Focusing on your life will keep a woman with you. Then, I don't want to think to things I cannot control, but I can think about improving my behaviour

The first thing that comes to mind is holding frame regardless of what test a woman throws at you.
This might be one of the most important thing a man should do "in the right way" https://www.sosuave.net/forum/threads/anger.283121/
 
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