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How romantic relationships expose partners to cultural performance pressure

I love my girlfriend but her family treats me like a curiosity at dinner and keeps asking me to explain Pacific customs like I represent everyone.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intimate partnerships can become sites where individuals must constantly represent entire cultural groups rather than simply being themselves.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Pacific gender diversity?”

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