Cain begins her work with the rise of extroversion in America and explains the effects of this on the culture of personality. She expounds the way in which extroverts …show more content…
The reason for this is because, as Cain points out, in countries like in China, Japan, and Vietnam introvertism is considered respectful and those countries considers constant talking rude and a waste of time. People who are introverts encounter most of their problem within the United States because it is considered abnormal and lowly to be quiet in nature. Cain further shows that Asian-American students, although their traditional culture keeps them more introverted in their studies, but, because of the American culture, they are rejected by their caucasian peers. The American belief is that children should learn to speak out more for greater success later in life. However, this is not the case, Cain proves, through case studies in which the work of introverted people compared to extroverted people, that being an introvert can allow people to work with complex problem solving that would help businesses. The only problem is that because extroversion is favored far more than introvision, people who are not able to easily voice their thoughts publicly are forgotten and it is a problem. Introverts have the ability to create quality ideas, but cannot have higher positions because they do not have the presentation skill that extroverts have. She explains that because most of the businesses are managed by