Sentences with phrase «against societal»

It would run against the societal forces that push us to the cushy, comfortable middle.

Also, couples face an uphill climb against societal and friends well - meaning advice at times.

These growing block sizes are helping reduce the mempool size; a source of untold amounts of debate among crypto enthusiasts, developers, and miners, given it poses as a major roadblock against a societal adoption of Bitcoin.

Men, who pretty much put up with whatever society throws at them, are rebelling against societal dictates just as women have.

For example, the American Medical Association's Code of Ethics recognizes both the right to privacy and the need to balance it against societal needs.

A bail hearing involves a balancing of potentially conflicting interests: the liberty interests of the accused and the Charter right to reasonable bail balanced against societal interests in public safety and confidence in the administration of justice.

Kenton Parker's work addresses issues of self - improvement, beauty, and masculinity, expressing rebellion against societal pressures to be perfect or successful, while exploring the landscape as a metaphor for the body.

The two artists are fascinating examples of how two men developed their own defence mechanism against societal dysfunctions resulting in the emergence of the artistic practice that consolidates the ataraxy and the equilibrium of the psyche.

Although set centuries later in 19th - century Philadelphia, Benton's first novel features similar themes of a woman standing alone against societal onslaught — in her case, sexism toward unwed mothers.

Carol and Therese continue to explore what this new relationship means as it goes against the societal norms.

«The Tale of the Princess Kaguya»: Studio Ghibli's penultimate film is a hand - drawn wonder, a passion project from legendary director Isao Takahata that spins a universal folktale about rebelling against societal dictates while staying true to its 10th - century Japanese roots.

Jessica Chastain says she is looking for roles that push against societal constraints.

Each of these movies pits strong female protagonists against societal hostility, but with very different tones.

The fact that the film is about a lesbian romance in which the protagonist fights against societal norms only added to the women's ire.

«This story is about three people who are willing to go against societal norms in order to be true to themselves.»

There are even weakarse comparisons to Fight Club in that the guys are rebelling against societal and relationship by - laws and such by getting drunk and sleeping with college girls.

He believes that while researchers do have a right to hold and disseminate their opinions, at the same time, they need to evaluate their opinions against societal benefits and risks.

In South Korea, where 90 percent of children born to single moms are put up for adoption, single moms are becoming activists to fight back against societal prejudice.

What David learned early from the example of his parents (and the FBI visitation in worship) was that there may well be consequences for taking a stand that goes against societal norms.

Jesus was always speaking against societal forces that beat the hope out of people and rendered them helpless and hopeless.

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«Survivalism,» or preparing for societal collapse, has become serious business among some of America's super rich, as illustrated by a recent article from The New Yorker which takes a look at the great lengths to which some of the richest from Wall Street to Silicon Valley have gone to protect themselves against cataclysmic civil unrest.

Friday marks World AIDS Day, an occasion for recognizing the myriad struggles, successes, and work left undone — societal, political, and medical alike — in the battle against HIV infection and the immune system - compromising disease it causes, AIDS.

Uber thinks shared rides are key to its future, but getting people to want to share is a «battle» against «societal norms,» Uber CEO Dara...

The second section explores the societal and political implications of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan against the backdrop of the unique geopolitical environment in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

The three main areas where my direct advice went unheeded were the following: (1) the need for large - scale financial assistance [29] for Russia, which I deemed (and still deem) to have been essential to molding a political consensus around reforms, and to bolstering the financial situation enough to achieve a modicum of success in the fight against hyperinflation; (2) the need for strong monetary and fiscal policy to achieve a rapid end to inflation [30]; and (3) the urgency of establishing a social safety net [31], especially in health care and pensions, to ensure an adequate social and political base for societal transformation and democratization.

'' I'm afraid of the ongoing societal agreement that atheists can't be taken seriously because we're just angry people «against God.»

It's unfortunate that societal norms encourage the boys» peers to tease them if they are beaten fairly by a girl, but that's certainly not a reason to forbid girls to wrestle against boys.

Many young - bucks of godlessness and the ungodliness tenders to avail themselves with the nailed doldrums» sciatica and they do abound with much societal unpleasantries toward the abaters of commonly wanton deniabilities against them, those ungodly and godless beings of smirked violaters of randomized intention - abilities meant only as austerities subversions.

The people have spoken and thusly they do make societal boundaries no matter what is delegated precipitously and the fragililities of one member does not matter in social circulars bantering against singularisms aplenty.

I've given you two examples AFTER your quotes wherein Christians — against popular notion at the time — affected societal change due to their biblical, faith - based convictions.

To be honest, the conventions against adult, consensual relations between close relations are purely societal.

Jesus was way more concerned with active, thoughtful, daring solutions to societal ills and railed against the establishment.

Also, there seems to be, from my observations both within the Christian community, and outside it, a driving societal force within Christians to be mated, almost as if being single is a crime against god.

If a preacher does not possess the spiritual consciousness to speak out against these paralyzing societal forces, they are nothing more than a self help speaker with fans who shell out big dollars for books and CDs.

There are people with academic papers that discuss that the societal inhibitions and revulsion against it and that they can be broken down on moral and esthetic grounds.

In all honesty, the «religious people» that don't legislate against things based solely on their religious convictions and thereby hurt the rights of individuals, and who don't condemn science and medicine and societal progression and other religions and other denominations and people who are not religious, and who don't claim to know that something is true beyond all other truths, are probably a very slim minority, and I'd have to argue that they aren't really religious, they are just doing whatever makes them feel good, which could be accomplished through secular means as well.

The downward trends over time argue against the assumption that the reduced consumption of refined sugars and SSB will, in themselves, help to reverse societal trends in obesity and chronic disease.

We all want our children to eat healthfully, but sometimes it feels like the societal forces aligned against us are overwhelming.

Spouses, partners and family and friends can truly help a mom out by being her cheerleader against the naysayers and the societal hurdles.

In other words, it's great to teach kids where food comes from, but is it really enough to help guide them into making good food decisions on a lifelong basis, when there are so many societal forces pushing against that outcome?

«An estimated population of 130,000 Ethiopian Jews faced persistent societal discrimination, although officials and the majority of citizens quickly and publicly criticized discriminatory acts against them.»

He commended President Nana Akufo - Addo's vision and determination to bring to an end these societal enemies with the introduction of the Operation Vanguard, establishment of a permanent secretariat for the inter-ministerial committee, and recently the formation and inauguration of District committees against Illegal Mining (DCIM) in areas where the practice is common to bring the menace under control.

Until the laws stop selectively enforcing policy against flagrant abusers of trust, ethics, unfair civic and labor practices, and integrity from within city and state government, there will certainly be a rampant element of corruption, low morale that dishonors a tainted leadership façade, and societal decay from the top downward.

The Cosby case is symptomatic of a wider societal problem around our attitudes to allegations of rape, sexual assault, and other forms of violence against women and girls.

Speaking at the 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, Buhari said: «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family and communities at all levels on the critical role of protecting children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

Speaking in Abuja to mark 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, President Buhari said, «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family, communities at all levels, on the critical role of protecting the children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

Speaking at the U.S. Military Academy commencement in New York, Obama praised the graduates for their achievements and laid out a scenario of military and societal challenges in what is the ninth consecutive West Point commencement during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the fight against international terrorism.

Both developments contribute to climate change and loss of food security, the availability of water and the natural protection against flooding and drought, leading to further societal instability.

With the realization of possible therapeutic benefits of psychedelics to reduce anxiety and chronic pain, however, the societal taboos against scientific research on their neurobiology have somewhat relaxed.

Such factors also work against developing solutions to societal problems, such as climate change, jobless innovation and health care delivery, they said.