{"id":6913,"date":"2023-03-20T20:49:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/?post_type=vocab&#038;p=6913"},"modified":"2023-03-20T20:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:50:00","slug":"myth","status":"publish","type":"vocab","link":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/vocab\/myth\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the most powerful myths in Thai culture is \u201cblood is thicker than water\u201d or \u201cbiological family matters the most,\u201d and that nuclear family is the greatest family structure of all. This myth emphasises the responsibilities of family members, leading to regulations and policies that prioritise biological family (e.g. paid family leave). However, circumstances have forced many to sever familial ties and choose kinship outside the legal and cultural convention of family. Therefore, when discussing policy related to care or population, policymakers must bear in mind other possibilities of family structures and bonds as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A notion about certain things that is considered to be true. Such presumptions rest on beliefs and shared values in a certain time, shaping our perception of the world. In other words, we do not see the world as it \u201cis.\u201d We see it through a socially constructed lens. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6912,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[226],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-6913","vocab","type-vocab","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-policy-innovation-2-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vocab\/6913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vocab"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vocab"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6913"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thailandpolicylab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=6913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}