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> by the culture or the environment, but by parenting.

uhm, so much of our culture and education comes directly from schools and media, not from our parents.

in fact, it's likely that most people learn not to ask question in a school-setting. hence we're (hoping that not anymore) in a culture that causes such low-self esteem by means of its educational institutions.

interactions with institutionally defined authority figures whose job is to teach (i.e. to parent you without the emotional bonds of your real parents) are a root cause.

the root cause is this culture which induces such problems with its relentless hirearchical control (authority) logic.