Many South Asian Americans face challenges when they are in romantic relationships outside of their racial, ethnic, or religious group. Because of values associated with dating and marriage, one challenge is disclosing the relationship to family. South Asian Americans often hide their relationships, and we propose that this experience has parallels to the closet for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals. In this article, we name this experience the “cultural closet” and discuss the associated theory, context, consequences, and counseling implications.

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文化壁橱：南美洲美国人保持浪漫关系秘密的经验

许多南亚裔美国人在种族，族裔或宗教群体之外的恋爱关系中面临挑战。由于与约会和婚姻有关的价值观，一个挑战是披露与家庭的关系。南亚裔美国人经常隐瞒自己的恋爱关系，我们建议这种经历与女同性恋，男同性恋，双性恋，变性者和同性恋者的壁橱相似。在本文中，我们将这种经历称为“文化壁橱”，并讨论相关的理论，背景，后果和咨询含义。