Based on my observations, the lives of the high school students I teach are hemmed in everywhere
by social pressures and expectations: high - stakes testing, the looming shadow of college admissions, the fiercely competitive school system, the painful process of figuring out who you are, and the ubiquitous desire for peer acceptance.
Since these figures are undoubtedly affected
by social pressures, the actual numbers are certainly much higher.
True, it goes without saying that if a man can not in conscience accept the doctrine of the Church as the norm of his faith, this must be respected by others, whether they think his view right or not; and the Church, too, must respect such a conviction and may not suppress
it by social pressures or prevent its expression.
Or, since we are disciplined
by social pressures to some measure of civility, the resentment may continue for years under an outward veneer of politeness.
It is enforced
by social pressure in much the same way.
Penalties for not believing as one should arise and are enforced
by social pressure, by the church, and even at times by the state.
I don't doubt that «breast is best,» but I am disturbed
by the social pressure in some (primarily middle and upper - middle class) areas to breastfeed.
Unlike handwriting, they note, waving is a spontaneous gesture that is not influenced
by social pressure.
It's worth noting that Goodreads profiles are public to your friends, so some of these ratings may be impacted
by social pressure or a desire to exhibit a certain sensibility.
And possibly also
by social pressure from the rest of your party / date.
While most often, matters are up for debate — the ability to debate the point is often limited
by social pressure to be a «team player» or by limited access to usable data and information.
In line with this, Kariman et al. [120] found that childbearing among Iranian women is influenced partly
by social pressure to reproduce and conflict with employment.
Not exact matches
«Please help us focus attention on Rasool's case,
by sharing the hashtag on
social media of #FreeRasool, and keeping
pressure on the Turkish authorities to free him immediately.»
By booking her workout classes in advance, Dunnahoo - Kirsch is able to combine the commitment she makes with the
social pressure from friends she works out with, into a powerful accountability hack for keeping her version of work - life balance in line.
Borrowing
by students and their families has picked up steam over the years as
social and economic
pressure grows to obtain a college education to get ahead, even as states reduce their financial support for colleges and colleges raise their tuition.
Many claimed to be
pressured by social media firms, but the results were a PR black - eye that could possibly damage their public reputation.
David Kershaw, chief executive of M&C Saatchi, said that users of the
social network were unlikely to delete their accounts en masse and that
pressure from advertisers would be more likely to trigger real privacy reform
by Mark Zuckerberg.
Those discussions, which have been pushed
by Twitter CFO Anthony Noto, have been taking place since the beginning of the year, said sources, as the
social communications giant has faced increasing
pressure from Wall Street to grow its audience and innovate its products.
Governed
by a mixture of centre - left and centre - right governments, with a long centre - left interlude between 2005 and 2013, the famously egalitarian Norwegian
social contract is coming apart under the twin
pressures of increasing income inequality and booming property prices.
The heavy
pressures of a being boom - town have created many unique growth and
social challenges in this northern Alberta community that could easily become an issue in a locally - focused
by - election.
If the data were acquired
by asking students about their own college, then especially at schools with strong denominational ties there are almost certainly
social pressure on individual students to maintain the appearance of piety.
I don't think it necessarily means leaving the family, but no longer subscribing to its rules, conforming to its
pressure, or defining our lives
by that
social structure that is so firmly entrenched.
Von Hayek and his comrades assert that the roots of the crisis are to be found in the ominous and excessive power of unions, and in a more general way, of the labour movement; according to them, unions have undermined the base of private accumulation (of investment)
by their salary claims and
by their
pressure against the rise
by the State of the parasitical
social expenses without end.
The Boy Scouts spent much of their early history unsuccessfully trying to eliminate the Girl Scouts
by legal attack and
social pressure.
The challenge to
social conservatives at this point is still to name one
social, political, or cultural problem that is not made worse
by the
pressure of overpopulation.
Thus, even those people whom
social pressures and individual circumstances have not steered into homosexuality are now tempted
by appeals to their animal natures, which are not differentiated from their spiritual natures in our contemporary society.
Senior citizens are understandably tempted to
pressure Congress to expand current
Social Security benefits and to delay reforms, since the burden will be borne
by another generation.
So not unlike the picture of the girl, it leading to a head being lowered and sadness but perhaps this being masked
by bravado in response to
social pressure.
It is not enough for him that somebody has a certain opinion, or performs a certain rite, which might be produced also without freedom
by means of training, brainwashing,
social pressures and so forth.
But even if they do not (and many do not) wish this,
social pressures are sufficient to make them feel that it will be better for them not to burden others
by their presence and demands.
Studies
by social psychiatrists emphasize the role played
by environmental
pressures on the development of personality illnesses.
But the history of the voting privilege in the twentieth century shows that it takes the combined power of mass movements, economic
pressures, and the Federal Government with its military force to give even a relative assurance that this requirement of justice will be realized.3 It seems, therefore, that when we move from the perspective of love to concrete issues of
social strategy and political power, justice is accomplished
by a confluence of historical forces and humane considerations which indeed may be enforced
by love, but which must have other sources.
There is no hope for peace and civilization unless the
pressures for the earth's limited resources are relieved
by responsible
social planning; and, conversely, there is no hope for dealing constructively with resources and population as long as war and the fear of war govern the decisions of nations.
The «miracles» are almost always medical recoveries in circu.mstances where the recovery is perfectly explicable
by natural events and where there is
social pressure on the church to declare the particular corpse a «saint.»
However, the extent of this change is significantly modified
by a wide range of
social and personal variables such as the functions that are being served for the individual
by the attitudes in question; the satisfaction the individual derives from existing attitudes; the strength of existing defense mechanisms and group
pressures surrounding those attitudes; patterns of reinforcement for similar attitudes in the past; other alternatives available to the viewer; and the current psychological state of the viewer.
Therefore divorce must be inhibited
by all means available, including moral teaching,
social pressure and legal constraint.
If the truth about marriage can be displaced
by social and political
pressure operating through the law, other truths can be set aside as well.
The
pressure on the best players in the country, in a world that's now dominated
by social media and judgement, is immense.
The educational component of the group takes the
pressure off of moms who might not necessarily be
social by nature.
Changing hormones make life tough enough without the added
pressures often caused
by social media and modern advertising.
Obama also quickly swatted away criticism that her campaign is one driven
by vanity,
social pressures or misperceptions about weight, beauty and fitness.
Her work has been funded
by several NIH agencies and her current study, funded
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program, examines the interaction between genome - wide association and
social environmental factors related to blood
pressure among African American hypertensive parents and early risks for high blood
pressure among their untreated children.
Seriously, there's no way to measure how many people will not be able to produce enough breast milk, because lactation is complex, requiring the right physiological conditions to exist (in both mom and baby), and can be impacted
by so many things, including medical conditions,
social pressures, previous trauma, support, mental health, sleep, time, nutrition, and hydration, just to name a few.
There are also controversies and ethical considerations surrounding the means used
by public campaigns which attempt to increase breastfeeding rates, relating to
pressure put on women, and potential feeling of guilt and shame of women who fail to breastfeed; and
social condemnation of women who use formula.
Adding to the
pressure, we're surrounded
by ubiquitous
social media, a rose - colored bell jar.
Help your daughter to manage stress and fatigue
by taking time away from school and
social pressures to simply relax and recuperate.
Her argument is that because American women are being unduly
pressured to breast - feed their babies, they are becoming «enslaved»
by the «little masters,» as Badinter describes nursing children, which in turn undermines the status of American women in general, leading to many negative
social and economic outcomes.
68 % of Canadian Moms Feel
Pressured by Social Media, a 58 % Uptick Over the Same Period Last Year; 60 % Want Brands to Portray Them Realistically, While Only 15 % Think They Do So Now
In an emotional essay published
by the Fed is Best Foundation, a parent - led nonprofit founded to push back against the
social pressure to exclusively breastfeed, Johnson writes that despite multiple consultations with lactation experts and nurses, no one caught on to the fact that her son was hungry, and that she wasn't producing enough breastmilk.
Researchers in Sweden report that mothers are more burdened
by time
pressure than fathers, and the women most affected are either highly educated, financially stressed, or lacking in
social support (Gunnarsdottir et al 2014; Gunnarsdottir et al 2015).