Global Political and Social Awareness - A Critique on the Standard Family Construct
When you think of a traditional Western family, what do you think about? Mother, Father, children and maybe a few house pets, right? Indeed, a majority of Western families look like this and a huge portion of the population experienced this kind of customary upbringing in their childhood. All fine and dandy, so was I. But, in reality, there are many types of functionable and solid family structures that can set up a healthy and beneficial environment to all its members. This has to do with gender identity and how we want to live our lives without any detriment from the outside. Let's take a closer look, shall we? The traditional family household consisting of a husband, wife and children in the Western world has been around since the dawn of time. That's how the image of a typical family looks like in many parts of the world and that's what we see when someone asks you to describe what a family looks like. In fact, the term "family" is multi-faceted and rich in va...