Sentences with phrase «as cultural acceptance»

As cultural acceptance of lesbians has grown, literature, television, and film has also explored this theme ranging from the first kiss to a lifetime...

If we thought Columbine was confusing, what do we think now as our cultural acceptance of nurturing and peaceful conflict resolution is taking hold.

Not exact matches

By mono - culture we mean the undermining of economic, cultural and ecological diversity, the nearly universal acceptance of technological culture as developed in the West and its values.

He was not, for example, particularly hospitable to the American realists» attempts to reconceive the very notion of experience upon which empiricism should be founded, preferring instead to join Moore and others in England in a virtually uncritical acceptance of the older «commonsense» notion of experience as human (and usually visual) perception derived from their seventeenth - century cultural predecessors Locke and Hume.2

During the recent controversy over whether Muslim women in Britain should wear the veil, Dr. Taj Hargey, chairman of the Muslim Educational Centre in Oxford, wrote «In contrast to a blind acceptance of specific 7th - century tribal Arabian dress and cultural norms, which have no eternal scriptural endorsement (as believers are required only to be modest), modern Muslims should revive the Islamic principle of ijtihadto interpret the faith for themselves.»

This dynamic undergirds the struggles for the unqualified acceptance of Dalits and Adivasis as equal members of Indian human society and demands their fuller participation in all dimensions (social, economic, political, and cultural) of the processes of building the nation - state.

The cultural changes that Fuchs and Reklis have in mind are increasing individualism, growing preoccupation with individual fulfillment, wider tolerance for divorce as a solution to marital problems, and more general acceptance at all social levels of the high rates of out - of - wedlock births and single parenthood.

He takes us from the analysis of largely non-justiciable constitutional provisions on socio - economic rights, through the commendable array of legislation in the field, to Nigeria's acceptance and ratification of international and regional standards such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights.

Linking this theory to the current cultural situation yields four steps that could increase the acceptance of you — and your female colleagues — as leaders in the world of science (Figure 5).

The knowledge and acceptance that cultural variability exists, and the curiosity to understand different communities that generates as a result also plays an important role.

As of 2015, 59 percent of Americans believe that online dating is a good way to meet people, with cultural acceptance of the practice on the rise.

Even if the practices of FGM were grounded on actual and commonly accepted religious or cultural basis, this could certainly not be used as a form of excuse or justification for this custom's (FGM's) acceptance and integration in a society.

It characterizes with feelings of comfort in the host culture and an acceptance of their cultural background as an integral part of their identity.

However, if greater economic dynamism, more powerful incentives for creativity, cultural innovation, greater opportunity for material comfort, greater acceptance of diversity, and greater personal liberty are taken as measures of societal well - being, then the United States might be better.

A bonus: if you can get jocks — a dominant cultural group at many schools — to adopt mindfulness, it opens up space and acceptance for other students to practice it as well.

The approach, based on the Delors report definition, assumes that LTLT occurs through the two complementary processes: the «discovery of others» and the «experience of shared purposes» which lead to the development of key illustrative competencies including empathy, cultural sensitivity, acceptance, communication skills, teamwork and leadership, among others as illustrated in figure 1.

«This decisive vote helps restore the pride in being multi-lingual as a valued skill and reflects a cultural shift toward openness and acceptance of people from all different backgrounds.»

«There are many different regions around the world, and each region has its own cultural acceptance and legal restrictions, as well as different age ratings,» Iwata clarified in an interview.

In addition to that Hendrik is executive board member of the non-profit association «Videospielkultur e.V.», focusing on the political and academic acceptance of video games as goods of cultural value.

Rigidly comparing and contrasting works drawn from the broad period of the 1950s through to the 1990s, the show explores such shared themes as social and political power; the acceptance of cultural differences; mortality; and the tumultuous realities of celebrity.

In this context, the works in the exhibition convey an acceptance of the multitude of subjectivities in America, as well as a personal responsibility to participate in the socio - cultural realm.

The exhibition is one which questions each member's personal histories, cultural background and beliefs as a means of unsettling the idea of a homogenised black experience and its acceptance by white art institutions and discourse.

Yeapanis selects both manufactured goods and collected detritus of her life as an artist, a consumer, a cultural participant and a waitress, because these materials represent an acceptance and engagement with what is, rather than a striving towards what should / could be.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

The dissolution of cultural, racial, and temporal borders is matched, in some of these exhibitions employing Big Art History, by both a wider acceptance into the fold of media not traditionally viewed as art, and a focus on cross-pollination between different mediums.

The Telegraph awarded the show four stars and praised the «wonderful rawness and fierce wit» of his paintings, as well as acknowledging Hockney's wider cultural significance as an influencer on contemporary art and a contributor to the wider acceptance of homosexuality.

The exhibition questioned each member's personal histories, cultural background and beliefs as a means of unsettling the idea of a homogenised black experience and its acceptance by white art institutions and discourse.

Factors such as physical attractiveness, cultural traits, and disabilities affect the level of peer acceptance, with a child's degr...

Factors such as physical attractiveness, cultural traits, and disabilities affect the level of peer acceptance, with a child's degree of social competence being the best predictor of peer acceptance.

It is possible that this pattern of results reflects the underlying nature of the subscales and represent a greater cross cultural acceptance and consistency of what should be regarded as a prosocial behaviour, and as a behaviour indicative of hyperactivity / impulsivity disorders (i.e. ADHD) and emotional disorders (i.e. anxiety and depression), than there is about what types of behaviours indicate the presence of oppositionality and conduct problems and positive peer relationships.

Specifically, as immigrant Latino families become acculturated to U.S. culture, parental control and parent — adolescent conflict might decrease.1 Future research examining dimensions of parenting simultaneously (e.g., levels of acceptance considered combined with levels of control and conflict) and the effect of acculturation on these associations would contribute to our understanding of cultural aspects of parenting in the context of diabetes management.