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.
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