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Imo it’s a derogatory term people in … alternative circles, like to use.
by lettergram 3y ago
Imo it’s a derogatory term people in … alternative circles, like to use.
- ithkuil 3y agoIs "alternative circles" also a derogatory term? I
- brvsft 3y agoI'm guessing the term is supposed to point out the idea that what we think of as normal is actually not.
- lettergram 3y agoExcept it is normal to have a nuclear family? https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/ageing/household_size_and_composition_around_the_world_2017_data_booklet.pdf https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publicatio... It’s actually more common in the rest of the world than Europe and the US. It’s kind of crazy to say it’s WEIRD to expect nuclear families, when it’s the west that is the least likely (still the majority have nuclear families).
- dave4420 3y agoIt was invented by Western psychologists upon discovering that the results of their experiments on Western psychology students did not, after all, generalise to results that were applicable to all humans. If you’re hanging round in circles that use it as a derogatory term, you’re hanging round in the wrong circles.