Sentences with phrase «cultural pressure»

So then, in the light of cultural pressure to be otherwise, it takes courage on the part of both men and women to live accordingly.

We have structured them into the eight principles of parenting to provide guidance for parents as they face serious decisions and cultural pressures on a daily basis.

They are affected not only by economic pressures but by cultural pressures.

We have structured them into the eight principles of parenting to provide guidance for parents as they face serious decisions and cultural pressures on a daily basis.

At the same time, in light of the disastrous experience of recent decades and the growing cultural pressures for homosexual acting - out, most bishops seem to be concluding that same - sex attraction of any degree simply poses too great a risk in admitting men to the seminary.

Men and women are called to serve each other in various ways, and women who refuse to pornify themselves, especially in the face of strong cultural pressures and incentives to do so, honor themselves and others of their sex while also honoring those of us of the opposite sex.

The La Leche League, a long - time advocate of over-riding cultural pressures in favor of biological imperatives, gave the book a positive review.

There are all sorts of reasons people might find maths difficult: from cultural pressures that limit achievement to...

Institutional and cultural pressures lead scientists to avoid risk - taking and choose inefficient research strategies, two new University of Chicago papers conclude.

encounters, bullying, teen pregnancy and other negative cultural pressures.

Although he, like you, may experience cultural pressure about his sexual adequacy if he takes the difference in your sexual arousal personally.

Shalit shows how, even in the face of such cultural pressures, a surprising number of young women are reclaiming the ideal of modesty — and often returning to traditional religion in order to do so.

Then, under the heat of new cultural pressures in the 1960s and beyond, most of what was substantial in such religion quickly evaporated, often almost without a trace and seldom with so much as a protest.

The fear of losing one's job or reputation has made many Americans afraid to speak publicly about this issue, even though their deep convictions about life, marriage, and family have not changed in response to elite cultural pressure.

At a birth, dads, partners and grandparents benefit greatly from a doula's support as well, freeing them to experience the birth without the added cultural pressure of being mom's sole support.

This can be moderated by cultural pressures so for example there are less diagnosed sociopaths in Asian countries than Western.

However, if one chooses to regard it as a sin, it is well to remember that even the early drinking of the alcoholic is part of a total behavioral pattern which is strongly influenced by his damaged personality as well as by cultural pressures.

If you consider the strong cultural pressure (now it just shows you are even MORE wealthy) combined with the sense that due to high price it's a good investment (it is also treated almost like money), then we might not expect much of a change.

bullying, teen pregnancy and other negative cultural pressures.

I resent and reject any societal or cultural pressure for us to be perfectly good or perfectly bad parents.

The cultural pressure to move left or right is especially hard on those in the «embattled middle,» namely moderate Protestants.

With the cultural pressure to consume and dine, why bother worrying about whether or not we wrestle with the vice of gluttony?

Rather, the political and cultural pressure has been coming from the left — from Obergefell champions and theological revisionists, secular and religious alike.

The cultural pressure on traditional disciplines of ministry is evident on a number of fronts.

Given the pressures on all of us, women especially but also (and increasingly) men, to be thin and attractively «fit,» it would be wise to view these writers and readers as simultaneous casualties, ambivalent promoters and intermittent resisters of these cultural pressures.

Jesus knew heart change didn't come through political power, cultural pressure, or zealotry, so he was keenly disinterested in those things.

I have no doubt that in certain cultures, including some Muslim cultures, the covering of women is taken to an extreme and reflects a very real subjugation, just as in sectors of western culture, the objectification of women (including the sexualization of children at younger and younger ages) by cultural pressures to pornify reflects a very real (though less direct and obvious) subjugation.

If we are to understand the peculiar links between religious commitment and economic justice in American society, therefore, we must also locate the cultural pressures that work against taking responsibility for the poor — some of which are also reinforced by religious commitments.

You might say they are unaware of the cultural pressure to «like» it.

Please consider another possibility: that Belgium, and other Catholic wastelands in 21st - century Europe, did not hear the Gospel and reject it because of cultural pressures; might it be that these faith - free zones haven't heard the Gospel preached for quite a while?

But there are two other influences that can't be ignored: socio - cultural pressures and socioeconomics.

Cultural pressure to perform, look good and achieve excellence at everything affects teens adversely.

When we propagate the mom / wine stereotype, what we are really saying is that we're fine with the cultural pressure on moms being so great that it prompts women to reach for the pinot grigio.

Largely due to cultural pressures, even when mothers are able to get breastfeeding off to a good start, there is a sharp decline overall in breastfeeding rates in the weeks and months after delivery.

Understanding the social, academic and cultural pressures and challenges tweens face, as well as some of the dangers, can help prepare you and your tweens for this bumpy phase of development.

«I don't think I have to spell out for a single woman the cultural pressure that postpartum mothers face regarding their physical appearance.

But she feels that most women who adopt the slogan and the practice of breastfeeding their children have not clearly understood «why» breastfeeding their children is best, and are therefore more prone to abandon the practice under the cultural pressure

1) Community and cultural pressures 2) The health worker shortage 3) Lack of maternity legislation 4) Inappropriate marketing of breast - milk substitutes

There isn't clear evidence that postpartum depression symptoms can be directly attributed to the cultural pressure to breastfeed.

Hershenson added that the cultural pressure to breastfeed can also contribute to feelings of depression after childbirth.

Yet doctors and lactation consultants also admit that for some women, the cultural pressure to breastfeed has gotten out of hand.

Healthcare providers should be aware that some mothers with HIV may experience social or cultural pressure to breastfeed.

Sadly, Laws did not feel that was possible, as this Times interview sets out, whether through family / religious / cultural pressures.