tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482334522317166609.post6599801490918535371..comments2023-03-31T04:32:03.245-07:00Comments on Grady at Oxford 2012: A little ModestyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482334522317166609.post-15449093152011713312012-08-07T07:51:29.781-07:002012-08-07T07:51:29.781-07:00I've found that while there is definitely more...I've found that while there is definitely more sex in advertising and everyday life for the british, they also have to problem voicing it to complete strangers. I have had numerous encounters with young, teenage boys who will yell out extremely inappropriate comments for their age, simply in passing. After so many times, I stopped taking offense and just accepted the differences in our cultures. I think that over here, sex isn't such a big deal or taboo. It's taught to be an everyday, natural thing. I guess it just has its positive and negative effects.Selby Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02875013220737793925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482334522317166609.post-66243105409704905772012-08-06T07:48:11.431-07:002012-08-06T07:48:11.431-07:00I have also had a few conversations with Oxford st...I have also had a few conversations with Oxford students here over summer doing research and the conversation was much more open about sex and taboo manners than I am normally comfortable speaking about with people I don't know. I heard some of the "challenges" students have, many of them relating to sex. Also, when you meet people at a bar in America, it is not polite to talk about politics. I feel like here in the UK it is much less of a taboo topic, as almost every person I have met has started talking about both British and American politics.bonnie pinturhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023186950283805660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482334522317166609.post-57807012654106707322012-08-05T17:08:13.649-07:002012-08-05T17:08:13.649-07:00That's interesting that Mamma Mia would be so ...That's interesting that Mamma Mia would be so different. I wonder how that may have affected the film version that was made a few years ago. I'm sure the filmmakers had to attempt to find a way to appease both audiences. This connects back to what our guest speaker from last week was saying about catering to different markets, yet this has the issue of not being able to change the product.John Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05677125964631787436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6482334522317166609.post-67397842021518898502012-08-05T16:01:02.300-07:002012-08-05T16:01:02.300-07:00This is such a huge contrast to what the British a...This is such a huge contrast to what the British are stereotyped as: very proper. I definitely have seen that here, but I have also seen the vulgarity. I definitely feel like the British are on top of their game here, always doing the right thing, always following the rules, but when it's time to let loose, they LET LOOSE. Where else can you find this sort of pub culture? It really is a way of life here to relax and have a joke from time to time, but naked pictures like that would definitely be a shocker in the US.Teresa Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720368215524909255noreply@blogger.com