January 2010
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The South #2
“Chivalry appears to be a Southern male characteristic. Bibb Latane and James Dabbs Jr., had a woman drop pencils or coins on elevators in Atlanta, Seattle, and Columbus, Ohio. Over two-thirds of Georgia men helped the damsel in distress; only a third of Yankee men did. But almost as many non-Southern men also hapless male, while only 12 percent of the Georgians did. Southern women also...
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The South #1
“Smiling appears to be a Southern custom. Ray L. Birdwhistell found smiling among middle-class folk on the street most common in Atlanta, Louisville, Memphis and Nashville, followed by cities in the Midwest, then New York. Within the South, those from lowland areas were more likely to be smiling that those from the Appalachian region. Such differences can be misunderstood: “In one part...
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