甘え (amae)
There is amae everywhere in the world, but it is interesting that in the Japanese language there is a concrete word to describe it, there is even a verb amaeru that means “depend on the benevolence of others”.
It happens that in Japan the amae phenomenon is
very exaggerated and you find 40 years old women who act like a 15 years old
girl.
Japanese men like girls with childish faces, they expect
childish behavior from women, they like them submissive; they usually prefer
this prototype, known as “kawai”, than an elegant, beautiful woman with a
strong character.
In Japan, men/boyfriends/husbands like to be the protectors of their women, it seems they don’t like to feel that the women is the one with the control over them.
An example of amae coming from men would be when
the husband arrives home drunk and the woman instead of scolding him, she just
helps him to undress and go to bed. This is pretty normal in Japanese dramas.
Amae plays a fundamental roll in a collectivist society where individualism is not well seen and people likes the group to have the power.
Amae helps in the process of creating harmonius
interconnections inside the family, in the companies and between friends.
Japanese do not usually confront each other, it is very
difficult to see Japanese people arguing.
Amae is one of the tools to keep the harmony, the peace, the “wa” in the Japanese society.

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