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Originally posted by Taualumna
I think they're more afraid of new people thinking that the culture of their adopted homeland is "weird" or "not right" than the country is thinking that they're losing their culture. Most 20-something women in North America aren't pure, but most aren't s.luts either. However, just by sleeping with ONE GUY (or even dating), a girl can be considered "lose" in many cultures. Some immigrants will tell their kids that North Americans (guys and girls) are "dirty" or 'bad' because we think about sex so much.
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In some instances, our culture is out there. The morality and suffering the consequences of our immorality have become a whole subculture into itself, with its own identity, dictates and livelihood.
The question is why would some immigrants think that way about our culture? What would make them say such a thing? And what I have garnered is that many who do state such things are coming from a completely different world and ideology that hey--they actually do suffer the consequences of their actions--mainly because of poverty and oppression in their country of origin compared to our freer society...
A teenage girl who becomes pregnant in a poor country with a strict government controlled morality code is a whole lot different than a teenage girl in our society... In our society, at least we purport having more options available to us than in a dictatorial/fascist society... Albeit changing before us...