Lenses of Culture

Culture, Gender, Spirituality, and Family Life Cycle paper: Each student is required to write a signature assignment.  This will be an essay paper related to the topics of culture, gender, spirituality, and family life cycle.  The paper should focus on the unique influences two of these areas has on family functioning.
Section 1 of your paper should discuss the ways that culture, gender, spirituality, and life cycle stages (2 of these 4) affect family life.  In what ways do these areas enhance family life, functioning, and what is considered normative?
Section 2 of your paper should discuss your own family through the lenses of culture, gender, spirituality, and family life cycle (again, 2 of these 4).  Using what you have written about in the first section, what are the major influences in your own family?  What are the unique strengths your family possesses when approached from the standpoint of culture, gender, spirituality, and family life cycle (the same 2 of the 4)?
Each section should be at least 5-6 pages in length (10 -12 total for paper).  The writing assignments should be 3000 to 3500 words in length, typed (double-spaced), in Times New Roman 12-point font.  Your paper should be in APA format, including internal citations and a reference list.  The paper will require a minimum of 6-8 references in addition to the text chapters.For more information on lenses of culture check on this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LensCulture