●Mexico
■MexiSodCulture
◆MexiFamilyValues
◇Thefamilyisatthecoreofthesocialstructure。
◇Outsideofthemajoropolitancities,familiesarestillusuallylarge。
&endedfamilyisasimportantasthenuclearfamilysiprovidesasey。
◇Mexisregarditastheirdutyandresponsibilitytohelpfamilymembers。Forexample,theywillhelpfindajoborprovidemoneyforahouseepurchase。
◇MostMexifamiliesareextremelytraditional,inwhichthefatheristhehead,theauthureandthedeaker。
◇Mreatlyrespected,buttheirrolemaybeviewedassedarytothatoftheirhusbands。
◆HierarchicalSociety
◇Mexisodbusinessarehighlyhierardverticallystructured。
◇Mexisplaceemphasisonhierarchicalrelationships。
◇Peoplerevereauthorityandthoseabovethemfordireddeaking。
◇Rankisimportant,andthoseaboveyouinrankmustalwaysberevered。Thismakesitimportanttoknowwhiisintrol,aoadictatorialapproachtodeakingandproblem-solving。
◇Mexisareverysciousofhoweadividualfitsintoeachhierarchy—beitfamily,friendsorbusiness。
◇Itwouldbediscourteoustobreaktheofhierarchy。
◆“Machismo”
Machismoliterallyrefersto“masity”。Therearediffereeriorbehaviorstodemonstratemaple,makisoereotypioandshouldnotbeviewedasharassment。
Meximalesusuallybelievethatnothiosullytheirimageasaman。
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&inginsocialsituatioapeachotherhtforearmorshoulder,ratherthanshakehands。
◇Menshakehandsuntiltheyarequitefamiliarwithsomeoheymovetothemoretraditionalembradbag。
◇Waituntiliomovetoafirst-namebasis。
◆GiftGivie
◇IfioaMexi’shouse,takealongagiftsuchasflowersorsweets。
◇Giftiadheretoanyparticularprotocol。
◇Donotgivemarigoldsastheyrepreseh。
◇Donotsendredflowersastheyhaveaion。
◇Whitefloodchoiceastheyarethoughttobeuplifting。
◇Giftsareopedelay。Ifyoureceiveagift,openitahusiastically。
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IfyouareioaMexie,arrive30miplaces(checkwithcolleaguestoseeifyoushouldarrivelaterthanthat)。Beingpunctualorearlyissideredimproper。
Atalargepartyyoumaymakeaself-introdu。Atasmallergatheriusuallymakestheintrodus。
◆TableManners
◇Alwaysensureyourhandsbeseeing。Keepyourwristsrestingoable。
◇Whenyouhavefinishedyourmeal,putyourknifeandforkacrossyourplatewiththeprongsfaandthehandlesfagtht。