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Appearance
Appearance is another form of non-verbal communication. People are judged from their appearance.
In Southwestern Asia, the area often known as the Middle East, the rejection of Western culture and beauty standards, along with the insurgence of Islamic traditions, has seen the rise in more traditional, Arabic clothing. This clothing tends to cover more of the body and gives only an alluring glimpse at the feminine figure within as a clear denunciation of the revealing outfits worn by many in the Western world.
In contrast, the Suri people of Ethiopia find beauty represented in womens lip plates. When a girl reaches puberty, her bottom teeth are removed to make way for a piercing in the lower lip. Once the piercing is in place, the lip is stretched around a clay plate. When it is time to find a husband, this lip plate guides the dowry process. Plates are seen as both a sign of beauty and a measure of a womans value in cattle.
In contemporary times, having large eyes is seen as a mark of beauty by some Asian cultures, in which eyes tend to be smaller in shape than Europeans. In addition, many Asian women have undergone surgery to create European-looking eyelids.
Conclusion
As afore-explained, nonverbal communications which are of different types ranging from facial expression, gestures, and touching are stances that are employable for effective interpersonal communication. But when you need to communicate with people from different cultures, it makes sense to learn in advance about their nonverbal communication. This can save you a lot of embarrassment and misunderstanding. Of course, cultural stereotypes are just stereotypes, and you cant say that every single individual from a different culture exhibits the same forms
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