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This chapter considers the meaning of gender identity among second-generation Filipino American women living in Southern California. The history of Filipino immigration is embedded with incidents of marginalization that continue to impact the lives of Filipino American women. A qualitative phenomenological methodology was used to bring to light the contemporary and lived experiences of 19 Filipino American women regarding gender identity within a marginalized social context which may impact their overall sense of who they are and the world they live in. Findings show that these Filipino American women had to navigate a discourse of marginalization in order to survive in new social environments. As such, they continued to experience conflicts in their gender identity development. Knowledge from the experiences of this unique group can help improve the sensitivity and awareness of clinicians and ultimately impact therapeutic treatment with this population.
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Del-Mundo, J.L., Quek, K.MT. (2017). Balancing the Old and the New: The Case of Second-Generation Filipino American Women. In: Quek, KT., Fang, SR. (eds) Transition and Change in Collectivist Family Life. AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50679-1_7
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