The counselor will then need to help Judy understand the process of assimilation into American culture, so she can decide whether this is right for her or not. By visiting a counselor with her partner, she would demonstrate appropriate cultural loyalty by asking her husband to be the care seeker, or person who aligns with the psychotherapist to make decisions so her partner does not become violent or engage in overly masculine behaviors that may harm Judy's spirit (Nghe, Mahalik & Lowe, 2003). The counselor may be able to express the need for Judy to first attend to work to help support her partner before having her baby, in a manner that considers her partners potential insecurities at allowing Judy to take on a non-traditional role in the family. This change however is likely, especially as more and more Asian families adopt a more Western cultural belief system (Nghe, Mahalik & Lowe, 2003). The counselor may also work with Judy to help her understand often it is far more difficult as proven by case study for Vietnamese men to accept the idea of acculturation, because it may influence their formerly socially accepted activities including drinking, which in the states may result in economic loss, as the patient realizes thus her desire to work (Nghe, Mahalik & Lowe, 2003). The role of the counselor will also serve to help Judy understand typically Vietnamese women "acculturate and acquire English proficiency faster" than do their "male counterparts" (Sue, 1990; Nghe, Mahalik, & Lowe: 245). The counselor can also help Judy to understand how her participation in providing...
Ideally this will result in mutual understanding between both parties, and allow Judy to make a decision about her participation without compromising her morals or social beliefs. Her partner may also be able to compromise on some traditional "rules" so that Judy may enjoy some work, perhaps part-time, so there is still an opportunity for her to take on a traditional role if that is what she desires.
Stresses associated with migration itself, discrimination against racial minorities in this country, poverty, unemployment, and crowded living conditions heighten the chance that a husband will become abusive" (p. 1402). From the Vietnamese-American perspective, these issues are even more pronounced and they are discussed further below. a. Male dominance. One of the most powerful forces affecting Vietnamese families at home and abroad today is Confucian ideology, an ideology that is predicated
Moreover, the research also showed that the vast majority of all of the immigrants from Vietnam have managed to overcome the hardships and obstacles facing them upon their arrival to become assimilated into the larger American society and create new lives for themselves and their families. References Do, Hien Duc, The Vietnamese Americans (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press). Menjivar, Cecilia, "Immigrant Kinship Networks: Vietnamese, Salvadoreans and Mexicans in Comparative Perspective," Journal of Comparative
Vietnamese Village of My Lai Massacre on March 16, 1968 This essay will discuss the events that took place on March 16, 1968 in the Vietnamese village of My Lai. We will explore the days prior to the massacre and what role obedience played in the actions of the soldiers. We will explain the results and concepts learned in experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram in the Perils of Obedience. We will investigate
Figure 1. Demographic composition of the United States (2003 estimate). Source: Based on tabular data in World Factbook, 2007 (no separate listing is maintained for Hispanics). From a strictly percentage perspective, it would seem that Asian-Americans do not represent much of a threat at all to mainstream American society, but these mere numbers do not tell the whole story of course. For one thing, Asian-Americans are one of the most diverse and
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Representation of Asian Women: American Television Sitcoms and Media Introduction American Asian women exist within a culture that is at times resistant at providing a realistic portrait of what an Oriental woman is and how she expresses herself. This can be seen in personalities like Margaret Cho, whose sitcom, All-American Girl forced her to see the reality of how America perceived Asian American women and Oriental people in general. These negative images,
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