FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Muxe, Third Gender, Every Day Life

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Ruth Neustifter

Document Summary

Samoan fa"afine means in the manner of a woman. Mexian muxe (biological males attracted to men) Can occur from a variety of different factors: every day life and tasks, life transitions and events, chronic illness, How family handles problem will depend on: their outlook, their resources, individual factors, Emphasizes systems and the importance of family development across the life cours e over just looking at individual development. B family"s resources or strengths at the time of the event. C meaning / perception attached to the event by the family. Hill did not see stressors as either positive or negative but as normative. Stress has the potential to initiate change in the system. Time was added to capture multiple concurrent stresssors that m ay be present in the family system as well as stressors that may be occurring sequentially across the life course.