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Cultural dimensions: masculinity vs. femininity (US vs. the Netherlands)
For a while I had a therapist overseas. From my home in the Netherlands, I scheduled video call sessions with a counselor in the US Midwest. We made our time zones work out and I spoke her language, but for long we weren’t aware of another barrier: cultural differences. In the beginning, my therapist kept suggesting that I should work on my confidence and self-love. I kept asking her why she thought that: I just did not know how to…