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Emotional Cultural Norms and Expressions
Cultural norms greatly influence which emotions are acceptable to express, with fear being discouraged in some cultures while anger and sadness have different acceptability levels based on gender. Positive emotions like excitement and joy are often challenging for people to feel, as they are usually only accessed after addressing repressed negative emotions. Joy is depicted as the matriarch of emotions, requiring a welcoming environment for her 'children' to be expressed.