Why are Asians less aggressive?

[Hotteok]

Asians are less aggressive, for sure.  (by Asians, I mean Koreans, Japanese, Chinese. Especially the former two. Hence the East Asians) 

I don't ever feel threatened in Korea walking at night.

People may be quite talented at frauds or cheating but not so much so when it comes to being violent or aggressive.

I'm not saying Asians are by nature any better than any other race.

Being more aggressive doesn't necessarily mean being more evil. 

Sometimes it's good. 

We know how many things Caucasians have accomplished with their shining intelligence and their aggressiveness that certainly complement their intelligence. 

 

 

Does it all boil down to genes? or cultures? 

If so, what caused such factors to exist?

 

Edited July 31, 2019 by NobleEndeavours

[hatcheckgirl]

Japan was quite aggressive in WW2, and even before with incursions into China and Korea and even winning against the Russian empire early in the 20th Century. 

 

It may may stem more from a culture of obedience to authority in Eastern lands as opposed to the more independent culture from the west. In the western lands, societal norms change on the whim of the populace, and that creates many conflicting protest groups, more violence due to breakdown of morals etc. 

 

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely as was the case in Imperial Japan. 

[Hotteok]

3 minutes ago, hatcheckgirl said:

Japan was quite aggressive in WW2, and even before with incursions into China and Korea and even winning against the Russian empire early in the 20th Century. 

 

It may may stem more from a culture of obedience to authority in Eastern lands as opposed to the more independent culture from the west. In the western lands, societal norms change on the whim of the populace, and that creates many conflicting protest groups, more violence due to breakdown of morals etc. 

 

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely as was the case in Imperial Japan. 

I agree that some Japanese can be very VERY aggressive. 

But most Japanese are like.. obedient people. That's why those minority aggressive group were able to control the vast docile majority to the point of starting a war. 

Edited July 31, 2019 by NobleEndeavours

[JennyM]

Its the upbringing and culture

 

In Asia, children are expected to just listen and obey . Japanese women have to walk behind their husband.(50 years ago) (When a Japanese husband arrives  the wife should give his slippers right away.   Korean wives have to stay at home once married and serve his husband and parents-in law. Women in Japan and Korea have to sound cute or let say act weak to be attractive to men.  

If this is the position of women in Asia, how can they teach confidence to their children? Women have no voices in the family.  And children have primary contact to mother. Are these women only teach timidity and shyness to their offspring and just be  in fear to the father?  

 

In the west, women and children have the right to speak up. 

 

Western education promotes individualism, confidence , creativity which makes them not afraid to be themselves.   East Asians 

students just listen to the teachers.  With that type of education, majority of the population are kind of shy type and timid to express themselves unless directed by the emperor..

 

Well , this is just my assumption.. I need more proof and studies about this.  

 

There's always advantage and disadvantage in every culture. 

 

 

 

 

[Bek]

East Asians may be physically less aggressive today, but it is interesting that they are the inventors of the world's most violent marshal arts.

 

By the way, I think the Chinese are not like the Koreans and Japanese. They are very bold and are always ready to get into a fight. I am talking about the mainland Han Chinese.  

 

I think that the East Asians are usually known to be more passive aggressive to the point of being abusive. In particular, the Koreans and the Japanese may be all smiles with you, but at the same time do some nasty things, sometimes behind your back or through some other means. They won't say what they think or feel to your face, but their passive aggressive tactics can be horrible. 

 

I think to some extent most Asians (I means the Arabs, Iranians, the Turks, Indians, the Mongols, the Filipinos  etc) resort to passive aggressive tactics. It is the drip-drip nastiness that can hurt the alleged offender. We have a bit of it here in my region, especially among women. 

 

 

Edited July 31, 2019 by Hun

[ChocoBro]

1 hour ago, Hun said:

East Asians may be physically less aggressive today, but it is interesting that they are the inventors of the world's most violent marshal arts.

 

Though the region of Asia was always very focussed on combat skills and perfecting these, and probably traditional styles like Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do or Karate and especially Muay Thai are very violent for their time maybe compared to classic pugilism, I have to say that the West developed "the world's most violent martial art" when they started mixing all those styles with the first UFC, which later developed into "Mixed Martial Arts" or MMA. Ironically, the Chinese government is trying to prevent MMA becoming popular because it is clearly superior to anything traditional due to its aggressive and brutal nature, which many Chinese consider to subvert their culture. I say ironically because not too long ago, they were only all too eager to ditch their cultural roots.

 

I can't imagine Asians are generally "less aggressive". I've experienced a lot of aggressive Asians while living there, but I would agree that probably there are different levels of that aggression in different countries. I have found the Germans and the Swedes to be among the least violent people I ever encountered. But maybe that's just my subjective opinion. Generally in Germany, violence is abhorred, but of course, there are also subcultures like antifa, skinheads or football hooligans that are extremely prone to violence..  I guess it also depends on what you define as "aggressive". I find some Asian peoples seem to shout other a lot, for example.

[Bek]

30 minutes ago, ChocoBro said:

Though the region of Asia was always very focussed on combat skills and perfecting these, and probably traditional styles like Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do or Karate and especially Muay Thai are very violent for their time maybe compared to classic pugilism, I have to say that the West developed "the world's most violent martial art" when they started mixing all those styles with the first UFC, which later developed into "Mixed Martial Arts" or MMA. Ironically, the Chinese government is trying to prevent MMA becoming popular because it is clearly superior to anything traditional due to its aggressive and brutal nature, which many Chinese consider to subvert their culture. I say ironically because not too long ago, they were only all too eager to ditch their cultural roots.

 

I can't imagine Asians are generally "less aggressive". I've experienced a lot of aggressive Asians while living there, but I would agree that probably there are different levels of that aggression in different countries. I have found the Germans and the Swedes to be among the least violent people I ever encountered. But maybe that's just my subjective opinion. Generally in Germany, violence is abhorred, but of course, there are also subcultures like antifa, skinheads or football hooligans that are extremely prone to violence..  I guess it also depends on what you define as "aggressive". I find some Asian peoples seem to shout other a lot, for example.

You make a good point about MMA, but the old martial arts were designed for self-defence to repel murderous raids and were equally deadly, if not more so. 

 

When I said "less aggressive", I meant the "East Asians" in particular without the Han Chinese. As for other Asians, they are very violent, especially in Muslim regions. 

 

You can reason with Europeans unless their are some radicals. So it is easier to avoid aggression from them. Even here in my town, a Russian would be far less aggressive than some Asian. 

[SAMENDIO]

I think, the INDONESIANS are much aggressive, although an Asian Country. Maybe depending on what one wants,  and how he/she wants it. The Americans maybe very calm to settle disputes, more than the Indonesians. This is my personal view though. 

[JayMusicGirl]

On 7/31/2019 at 12:32 PM, Hun said:

By the way, I think the Chinese are not like the Koreans and Japanese. They are very bold and are always ready to get into a fight. I am talking about the mainland Han Chinese.  

 

In my experience in the Chinese language field and learning about their culture and recently beginning to work at a Chinese restaurant, I've seen that they are very open and bold and typically will not do the things you've mentioned about other East Asians, as in do stuff behind your back. They are very to the point, and typically do not sugar coat, but usually not to be rude, but to help. People often say to their friends off the bat, "you look fat/skinny",  but another common greeting is "have you eaten yet"? Other than that, I have not seen a big amount of aggressiveness at least with the Chinese here in the US. They are normally reserved but friendly, and as for willingness to fight, I haven't seen it, it depends on the person, I have friends/penpals and know studies from mainland China and they are very sweet and helpful, it's more their government and people in power that are that aggressive it seems... But then again I personally haven't been overseas yet (would love to go to Taiwan) and of course I spend a lot more time with our Chinese brothers and sisters who are working to put on the "new personality" than worldly people.  

[Bek]

Thank you, Sister Jadon, for the reply! I meant specifically the mainland Han Chinese who are direct and will not be afraid to say things to your face. We have thousands of Han Chinese migrants from China in my home country, and they do get into fights. The point was that they are not like other foreigners who will try to walk away or plead with a potential aggressor. I am not sure though about the Han Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places. I think the mainland Han Chinese are culturally and mentally different because of the many years under Communism. 

 

Another factor to consider in your case is that you are a woman. So aggression usually comes from males and they will behave differently in front of women. 

 

I personally like the mainland Han Chinese openness. I myself am like that and tend to be a straight-talker, but I have lately been trying to learn to be mild and think before saying things. I think that often it is better not to say anything at all in certain situations. So the Japanese and South Korean approach is sometimes good. 

 

 

 

 

[pnutts]

Westerners drink more coffee and take antidepressants - both which can increase aggression. Caffeine is a stimulant which can cause jitters and bad nerves, then they need

antidepressants which can remove the normal blocks to aggression.

[ChocoBro]

After seeing what has been happening in Hong Kong lately, I'm just gonna unsub this thread

[Cushi]

On 7/31/2019 at 8:33 AM, Tryin'SoHardToBeSpiritual said:

We know how many things Caucasians have accomplished with their shining intelligence and their aggressiveness that certainly complement their intelligence. 

This is a blanket statement. Not all Caucasians have “shining intelligence”, nor are all of them “aggressive”.

[Dages]

This isn't really upbuilding... 

[Tortuga]

36 minutes ago, Dages said:

This isn't really upbuilding... 

Stereotyping people is not upbuilding at all however I think this topic intended to be an examination of different cultures. We need to keep in mind that every race, ethnicity or culture will have good people and bad people, our brothers and sisters are found in every land.