Partnership Culture

A model of culture and human relations based on partnership, linking, and respect. Women and men are equally valued; both men and women can be nonviolent, empathetic, and caring.

Opposite to Dominator Culture.

In a partnership system...

Humans have many possibilities.

Difference is valued.

Power is used to empower and nurture through hierarchies of actualization.

Competition means striving for excellence.

People cooperate for mutual benefit.

Economic structures are equitable.

Nature is highly valued.

Morality of sensitivity, caring, and respect.

(Based on the Center for Partnership Studies' summary of points from Riane Eisler's _The Power of Partnership_ and David Korten's _The Great Turning_)

We, too, in America are in the mist of an revolution. A transformation from a domination culture that views the world as fleeting and open to exploitation, to a partnership culture that wants its society to be permanent and seeks to partner with the world to create harmony.
(Eric Stewart)

by Grinning Cat March 28, 2013

Cringe Culture

The culture started on the Internet of making fun of people and/or insulting them by calling them "cringy" or "cringe" for doing something which doesn't harm or somehow insult anyone nor anything.

(The bad kind of)Edgy 13-year-olds calling people cringy (their holy grail of insults) because of something they enjoy. They got the word "cringy" from LeafyisHere and often use it to feel better about themselves since most of them have crippling depression because of their lack of emotional development or some other insecurity.

I'm so tired of seeing cringe culture on my dash.

Nigga, just let people do what makes them happy; cringe culture's dead.

by Edgy and Extra April 14, 2018

Nothing Culture

When people on social media make their lives about nothing, like people who make their whole stream about eating fast food. That is nothing culture.

Man 1: Hey look at jimmy's stream, today he is going to buy everything at a McDonalds and then eat it all with his bros!
Man 2: Bro that's just a bunch of nothing culture quit watching that.

by FertTheTurt April 15, 2023

Awesome Culture

A personality type, typically for males, that is a step above being a soy boy, but not quite being an "epic beard/meal time" guy. Usually found on Reddit, will respond to everything with "Oh Wow! That's so AWESOME" or a variation thereof. Examples of Awesome Culture guys include Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shia Lebouf.

Phrase coined by Patrick Doran from Podcast About List (episode 135)

"So what do you for work?"
"I'm a paralegal."
"WHOA!!! That's awesome!!"
"Oh great. Another one of those awesome culture guys."

by D_Money_68 September 6, 2021

cultural genocide

Cultural genocide is a term used to describe the deliberate destruction of the cultural heritage of a people or nation for political, military, religious, ideological, ethnical, or racial reasons.

Usually this is an attempt by the government to suppress the people of any nation into believing their distorted history.

Tearing down that historical building was cultural genocide and the government is covering up.

by Mr. Robotron March 14, 2019

cultural assailant

A person in a position of authority who gains traction through self-aggrandizement and power-grabbing who concurrently attempts to rip apart the progress achieved in the fabric of that culture.

America has elected a most pernicious and destructive cultural assailant.

by Dr Bunnygirl July 22, 2019

culture coward

Woke folks who have tunnel vision when it comes to social justice.

Did the presenter really just tell that orphan to check his white privilege?

What a culture coward! She’s probably getting paid $10k for this speech…

by Cinnabuns January 6, 2022