GirlGI | Girl Gone International Issue 8 | Page 53

QUESTION 1
“I’m currently dating
someone from another culture
and I feel like we’re moving too
fast, I don’t know if it’s him or
if its cultural?”
GirlGI’s ‘Sex with...’ surveys profile love, sex and
dating in different cultures (read them in previous
issues). While it’s a fun, cheeky ongoing feature in
this magazine, the results from these surveys
illuminate how courtship in different cultures varies.
So far, we’ve learned a lot of interesting things. Of
particular interest, we’ve learned that different
cultures view relationships and issues of
communication differently.

More specifically:
1 | Some cultures go through the process

of formal dating like going out for dinner,
or drinks more than others. Other cultures
cut out a bit of the dating process and skip
right to a relationship to see if two people
are compatible.

2 | People from some countries and

cultures appear to be more direct and
straightforward in communication during
relationships.

3 | The ways in which people show affec-

tion and demonstrate love is, in part, also a
cultural phenomenon.
While these are not completely surprising findings,
it is interesting to see how the GGIs who take these
surveys have experienced love, sex and dating with
men and women from different nationalities.
All relationships require work, but intercultural
relationships do present a few more obstacles
- and rewards - than your average relationship
with a compatriot.