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idk if “gentle” is the right term, I was thinking “温柔” and its the best translation I guess
Feel free to share anecdotes, or scientific studies if you have any.
So my mom was kinda like half and half… I feel like I absored half of the “gentleness” and half of the rage…
Dad was kinda just neutral… like stoic as hell except a few times of getting mad…
I don’t think its good to generalize. There are many opportunities to learn kindness/affection/gentleness throughout ones life, some from their mothers, some from fathers, from grandparents, etc. It is a culture, like art or music, if you never have exposure to it then you won’t know much.