Sentences with phrase «as social lubricants»

Adults may think of alcohol as a social lubricant, but for kids who are under a tremendous amount of stress or anxiety, drinking or getting high gives them relief — and that's a very dangerous thing.

Music can work as a social lubricant within a community and a sense of rhythm enables us to make music with others or sway back and forth on the bleachers of a football stadium.

While alcohol can act as a social lubricant and may provide «liquid courage» for people who are otherwise anxious or shy, Pagano warns against relying on it too much.

A qualitative study of pregnant Indigenous women in Perth found that women commonly referred to smoking as normal, a stress release, a low health priority and a social experience, and commented that it was difficult to quit because they were surrounded by smoking from their family and household members.11 In the social context of high smoking rates and large numbers of adults per household, smoking may offer an opportunity to alleviate stress, acting as a social lubricant in «time - out, yarning, and sharing with others».11 This provides a critical target for intervention in antenatal smoking; in order to help women to quit, it seems that consideration of and involvement with the social context in which women live are essential.

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At that future date, it may seem crazy that we arrested people for personal use of what will then be regarded as a normal social lubricant.

Pets often serve as «social lubricants,» Carlisle said.

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Companion animals are thought to act as «social lubricants» (Gunter 1999) by encouraging others to approach and engage in social conversation (McNicholas and Collis 2000).

Laughter is a bonding agent that we experience initially as babies when we develop our very first relationships — the ones with our parents; and it continues to be the social lubricant that enables us to make friends throughout our lives.