Person credited for founding the country

Sir Thomas Raffles

•Life to save the life of the mothe

•Health to preserve the physical health of the mother

•Mental to preserve the mental health of the mother

•Rape in cases of rape and incest

•Defect when the unborn child has medical problems or birth defects Social for social and/or economic reasons, e.g. if the mother cannot afford to support a child

•Demand available on demand, no reason need be given

Family make-up

Today, about 78% of families in Singapore are made up of parents and children only; Traditionally, people in Southeast Asia lived in extended families; two children is enough however 3 or more, if you can afford it; Family means one man and one woman with children.

Housing policies 

British Settlers claimed the best lands and the best houses in Singapore

 I think it is 1979 education reform(school emphasizing testing and tracking)

Social Development Unit; Graduate Mother's Scheme(higher edu=better mothers)

Nuclear families slept in separate thatched or plywood sleeping houses.

Abortion regulations

The government has no official position on the issue

grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and far-flung relatives

1.Help Reach Potential

2. Build Self Esteem

3. Provide Social Belonging

4. Train for future survival

5. Provide for basic needs

6. Protect members from danger

- Sharing food is one of the most salient aspects of life in Micronesia, Certain foods assume a special status during feasts and are considered essential, Pigs, yams, and sakau (a psychoactive beverage made from a local root)

tattoos were common among men and women before the missionaries arrived

The battle between the U.S. military and the Japanese that resulted in the capture of

Japanese occupied the Marshall Islands, The Marshall archipelago was added to the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, along with several other island groups in the South Sea.

Marriage between couples of different cultures is often complicated and difficult to sort out. Interfaith marriages will not be recognized by the government unless on the partners converts to the others religion. Interfaith marriages will not be recognized by the government unless on the partners converts to the others religion

The mother is the dominate authority figure in the family; Authoritarian; Do not encourage independence in the child; Older Indonesian children are being defiant of their parents strict parenting style.

The indigenous people of Indonesia.

The Minangkabau, who are called the Minang or Padang

In 1958 the IPPA mission was to maintain the health of the women and and teach about birth control.The new National Family Planning Program is limited to married couples because religious norms restrict unmarried people from such services.   It began sex ed classes in the schools.  

demanded that a new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and caning of up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately

Compulsory, free nine year school followed by private upper school, intense parent involvement, Many students attend a special tutorial program after the regular school day and on weekends.

Term for gift when visiting a home

omiyage

Outcomes of the one child policy

spoiled children

4 Grandparents

 2 Parents

1 Child (no aunts, uncles, cousins)

First leader of the Nationalist Government 

Sun Yatsen

Method used by the U.S. to move supplies to the Chinese

Burma Road, Airstrips were built in China by the Chinese for U.S. bombers to land and take off in bombing raids against the Japanese

Launched in 1966; Goal was to remove all signs of the past “liberal bourgeoisie”; Reasons for Mao’s Cultural Revolution: 1) Return the country to basic principles of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), 2) Feared capitalism was “creeping” into the common way of life; Appealed to the many students in China; Orders to remove and destroy and signs of art and object from Dynasties; All signs and products representing Western culture were forbidden and destroyed; If you criticized Moa in any way; they would humiliated you in public

Portuguese established a foothold in Macao (Opium)

During the Long March of the 3rd Army, it was a major defeat for the Red Army

Change China from an Agrarian society to a manufacturing economy; Government would buy crops at a low price and resell them to the population at a higher price; Millions of Chinese starved to death

-       Matrilineal family systems- Mother in charge; if mom dies another mother will come in and run the family; live with extended family and adopt other children; father does not need to be involved in child’s life.

-       Walking marriage- men walk to the house of their ‘partner' at night, but return to their own home in the morning; Traditionally, a Mosuo woman who is interested in a particular man will invite him to come and spend the night with her in her room. Such pairings are generally conducted secretly

1.     Brahmins: The learned and the educated elite; the guardians of the Vedas

2.     Kshatriyas: The noble warriors, defenders of the realm

3.     Vaishyas: The traders, businessmen, farmers, and money lenders

4.     Sudras: Their main function is to serve the needs of the upper three.

On the wedding morning the couples’ bodies are anointed with spices ( turmeric, sandalwood paste, and oils to cleanse the body, soften the skin and make it aromatic.

The day before the wedding the palm and feet of the bride are decorated at the “Mendhi”.

Role of dowry

is the payment in cash or/and kind by the bride's family to the bridegroom' s family along with the giving away of the bride; often results in abuse or burning of women if family runs out of money; it is illegal since 1961 but still highly practiced; The bride’s family is also giving away the bride (called Kanyadaan) in Indian marriage; The groom often demands a dowry consisting of a large sum of money, farm animals, furniture and electronics; When the woman brings less than the negotiated amount, she has to endure constant torture from her in-laws after marriage; When the husband or in-laws are not satisfied with the dowry brought by the bride, they may even go so far as to kill the woman after marriage; The most severe among all the dowry abuse is “bride burning.” The parties engaged in the murder usually report the case as an accident or suicide. 

Implications of Karma

1.The Law of Karma is not concerned with consequences in general, but with consequences that affect the individual

 2. The Law of Karma applies specifically to the moral sphere

3. The Law of Karma is supreme moral quality is the assertion that the person not only deserves the consequences of his or her actions, but is unable to avoid experiencing them.

4. Moral quality is the assertion that the person not only

Vedic means “sacred knowledge” or “learning” in Sanskrit.

The bride takes care to enter the house with her right foot first, to complete a ritual of gently kicking over a paddy as a symbol of plenty for her new family

20 years ago the first AIDS case was diagnosed in India; Infections rates are far below those of of sub-Saharan Africa; At the beginning 1986, India had no reported cases of HIV or AIDS; Later in 1986, the first cases of HIV were diagnosed amoung sex workers By the end of the 1980s’ a rapid spread of HIV was observed among injecting drug users in three north-eastern states of India, bordering Myanmar (Burma) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu; Most of the cases occurred through heterosexual sex; In 1992 the government set up NACO ( the National AIDS Control Organization) to oversee the formulation of policies, prevention work and control programs relating to HIV and AIDS; Globally, India is second only to South Africa in terms of overall numbers of people living with HIV and AIDS; Of the 5.1 million Indians living with HIV 38% are women

Widows in India- If the husband dies at a distant place, the widow is nonetheless to be burned alive on a pyre by herself; If she is young widow, she is considered a major threat; By outliving her husband, the widow is left unprotected and uncontrolled by a male counterpart; In some areas of India, the widow has her head shaved, stripped of her bangles, and must wear white to identify her as a widow; The are shunned by the general public.  It is considered bad future if she were to even glance on other women

-       Sati-means “a good virtuous woman”; a women who burns herself; she does so to go to heaven and be with husband, ect.; is when a wife will suicide upon her husband's death, most often burning herself, so she is not a burden to the society; This practice is now outlawed, but was once popular general not practiced

-       Consequences- If the widow does not have a son or if the family of the deceased husband does not want to support her, her option is an ashram or prostitution; Holy cities for widows: Numerous widows are turned out from their homes or treated/beaten so badly they fled to the holy cities of Vrindavan, Mathura, and Varanasi to await death

- India supported the British army in their fight against the Japanese after the attack on Pearl Harbor; Some Indians from the Nationalist Party took this opportunity to fight with Germany and Japan in an attempt to gain independence from Britain. 

mother-in-law rules the house; oldest sister and oldest son marry=high power for women; women do not posses an identity of her own; Women are seen to have a special place in families as a repository of family honor– from their own home as a daughter, of their husband’s family as a wife and mother; The implication is that if a woman behaves in a in a dishonorable fashion she will ruin the family forever; Hindus believe that women have more psychic energy and stronger sex drives than men because of their ability to give birth; These powers are called “shakti”; Not only did the woman have powers to preserve the honor of the family, she had the power to save her husband from death; Women must be outwardly controlled even if considered inwardly powerful

British occupied all of India in mid-19^th century; 1757            Battle of Plassey-Beginning of the British Occupation of India; The British Raj in India lived a luxurious lifestyle; When the war ended in 1945 the road to Independence from Britain accelerated rapidly; "The reality is that the British government simply lost control of India; Indian Independence occurred on August 15^th, 1947

mother-in-law rules the house; oldest sister and oldest son marry=high power for women; women do not posses an identity of her own

Be able to apply Bronfenbrenner’s family systems (Chapt. 2)

Microsystem (most intimate; individual)

Mesosystem (work, friends, school systems, extended family; elements in immediate

Exosystem (–Focused on the interaction of previous systems & influence of macrosystem elements onto the individual (culture))

Macrosystem (government; global systems)

Country with the largest Muslim population

Indonesia (87%)

Endogamy

marriage to someone who is defined as being socially similar (Indonesia)