The Four cultural views that affect relationships include:
Miscommunication: language is necessary for communication and communication can cause a misunderstandings relationship particularly when people cannot speak or understand each other’s language. The inability to speak a language that others could understand is known as "language barrier" and it is certainly one of the cultural differences that can affect a relationship.
Food: tastes can be different, what you consider as food may not be food in other cultures. The time you eat may be different from the other person’s with a different culture which could also one of the cultural differences that can affect a relationship.
Religion: religion could also affect relationships, imagine you are Christian and your friend is a staunch Muslim. Both of you have a different religious belief and this could result in lots of disagreement or conflict. One of the major communication problems that originate from religion is our lack of knowledge about other religious beliefs and due to the differences; people may have different ideas about what made up proper life behaviors or practices which can affect how people communicate with one another.
Expressing Yourself: How you express yourselves might have a different meaning in someone else’s culture. For example, speaking on top of one’s voice may not be acceptable in some culture and some cultures may also be frown at shaking hands with elderly people which is considered as a form of disrespect in some cultures.
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