CULTURAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE FAMILY

Thoughts Communication Actions Beliefs Values Attitudes and practices

CULTURE

Accepted Racial Ethnic Religious Social group Passed

CHARACTERISTIC OF CULTURE

 Culture

is based on shared values and beliefs, and expected behaviours.

 Culture

is learned and dynamic.

 Culture

is integrated into life and uses symbols.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

RACE

Race

refers to a group of people who share biologic similarities such as skin colour, bone structure, and genetic traits.

ETHNICITY

Ethnicity

is a social identity that is associated with shared behaviours and patterns. These include family structure, religious affiliation, ancestry or national origin, language, dress, foods and eating habits, and health behaviours.

STEREOTYPING

Stereotyping

is a term used to describe that assuming all members of the group have the same characteristics.

ACCULTURATION

Acculturation

is the process by which people adapt to a new cultural norm.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Cultural

diversity is the quality of diverse or different cultures. It is referred to as having different cultures respect each others differences and that the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region, or in the world as a whole.

IMPACT OF CULTURE ON FAMILY STRUCTURE

ASIAN

Asian families were predominantly extended and usually hierarchical in nature with males and older individuals occupying a higher status.

AMERICAN

Nuclear family concept holds a special place in the mindset of Americans but it is single-parent families, childless or childfree couples and fused families which now constitute the majority of families.

HISPANIC/ LATIN AMERICAN

The family structure is that of extended family. Obligations toward all family members is expected and accepted as an important role to be fulfilled by all members.

EUROPEAN

European family has many similarities of that of the Americans.

AFRICAN

MATRILINEAL

PATRILINEAL

matrilocal extended family comprising of a man and his wife, their married daughters, son-in-laws, and their children

nuclear family family includes other relatives of the father such as younger unmarried or widowed sisters, aged parents, and children of the fathers clan sent to be brought up by him

AUSTRALIAN

Basically, Australian families were from Aborigines of nuclear type.

In the Philippines

CHANGING ROLE OF A WOMAN

PRE-COLONIAL STATUS

engage in trade right to divorce their husbands village chiefs healers high priestesses

COLONIAL PHILIPPINES

second sex ilaw ng tahanan breed and care for their children associated with the church and the home home maker treasurers of their husbands

AMERICAN INFLUENCE

empowered class professionals

CONTEMPORARY ROLES

can handle money act as religious mentors arrange the marriage of sons and daughters striving to improve the familys dynastic connections highly regarded individuals

Never judge someone's sexuality, only them who knows who they are, what they want, and where they wanted to be. For success is not measured through the attainment of goals and dreams alone, but rather through respecting somebody to become someone. -chris serrano r.n.

GOOD DAY