Indulgence Inclination
Some societies attempt to legally enforce mores, especially regarding certain sexual behaviors and ingestion of intoxicants. Others are more tolerant.
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Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory paints in broad strokes cultural characteristics of societies. Extensive survey data corroborates aforementioned observations, but such generalizations mask the frictions among fac-tions that continually exist in all societies over cultural values. Cultural dimensions do illustrate the roles that fear and empathy play in public life.
