Western Men Can’t Say, ‘I’m Sorry.’
This will seem a bit odd to many readers but, I’ll bet if you think about it, you will agree. It occurs to me that many, if not most of today’s, Americans & British men cannot bring themselves to say, “I’m sorry.”
Even if something is completely their fault, they just can’t say, “I’m sorry.”
I don’t think it used to be this way. But it sure is that way today.
I remember in old movies, especially Westerns, people would say, “It takes a huge amount of courage and guts to admit you were wrong.”
It does take a lot of guts for a man to say, “I’m sorry. I was wrong.”
I’m not sure about western women these days as I never meet any, but it is very sure that American men are known to never say, “Sorry.”
Even the Japanese think so. I have asked many of them. As far as the Japanese are concerned, even if something isn’t your fault, the first thing you would say is, “I’m sorry.”
In many ways, the Japanese do take this “taking responsibility” a bit too far (if you ask me)… Like lopping off their fingers or killing themselves (and I don’t mean virtually). So, I’m not saying Japan doesn’t have warts. But this situation points to a bigger problem in western society.
One time, about 20 years ago, I missed the initial broadcast for a
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