The National Center for Family & Marriage Research at Bowling Green State is holding a conference with the theme of Counting Couples, Counting Families.
This Homocentric Role Play is meant to serve as an example of some of the kinds of uniformed and anti-gay questions, assumptions and behaviors that clinicians and lay people alike often impose on same-sex couples—the catch is, however, that it is in reverse—meaning that the role play is done with a mock heterosexual couple and from a homocentric lens. The homocentric lens means that the therapist is taking the stance that the default setting of society is homosexual so the role play is a projection of this point of view.
The program’s goal is to give these church leaders the background and preparation they need in order to offer variety of domestic violence prevention and intervention activities in their churches and communities. Please check out the manuals and powerpoints.
The Second Edition of Families in Global and Multicultural Perspective travels across geographic, cultural, and historical boundaries to explore the diversity of the world's families-in family structure, processes, history, and social and environmental contexts. Editors Bron B. Ingoldsby and Suzanna D. Smith examine a full range of topics including family origin and universality, family functions, marital structure, kinship rules, comparative research methods, family development, marriage adjustment, parenting, divorce, and aging. This comprehensive text increases students' recognition of and respect for cultural diversity as it influences family life; meets educators' needs for a comparative family text; and contributes to the development of new ways of thinking about families that highlights culture and context.
Each chapter in Families in a Global Context describes customary types of family patterns within each country's social organization and culture. Important social, economic, political, and other trends are explored in detail, and major ethnic, religious, or other subcultures are noted emphasizing marriage and family patterns that differ from the more typical ones. The book is extensively referenced and includes tables to clearly present data.
