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'Do you have children?': how common greetings in Asian communities can feel loaded with stigma for women

  • Written by Nelly Martin-Anatias, Lecturer of Academic English at Massey University College, Massey University
'Do you have children?': how common greetings in Asian communities can feel loaded with stigma for womenArtem Kovalev from Unsplash

Tina (not her real name), in her early 40s, is an accomplished woman from a Southeast Asian country, with a postgraduate degree under her belt.

Being far away from home for many years, Tina has found that local Southeast Asian communities in her adopted country of Aotearoa New Zealand form her new family. However,...

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