Sentences with phrase «for social acceptance»

Peer pressure and the need for social acceptance often lead to moral conflicts that some teens need help overcoming.

Track record of facilitating a collaborating environment to foster opportunities for social acceptance.

Within limits, they can modify their behavior for good or ill to cope with human idiosyncrasies while still meeting their own need for social acceptance.

-- or try to wend their ways into slush piles at publishing houses — THEY aren't looking for social acceptance?

All i see is authors clamoring for social acceptance based on the fact they self - published a title.

I'm just a regular guy, not a specialist in the field or anything but well in my 50s so I've seen a few things, generally straight men get married for sex (we imagine that once we get married we will get sex EVERY night), and closeted gay men get married for social acceptance.

I agree with the idea that such illusion stems from one's desire for social acceptance.

Mouthwash commercials are not about bad breath, they are about the need for social acceptance and, frequently, about the need to be sexually attractive.

Especially the drive for social acceptance that is merely capitulating to what society thinks / feels / expects.

Hillary Mantel is a very talented, very bitter ex-Catholic who's said that the Church today is «not an institution for respectable people» (so much for the English hierarchy's decades - long wheedling for social acceptance).

Not exact matches

That is, there is an inherent link between these two sides of the «responsibility coin» — between acceptance among blacks of personal responsibility for our actions, and acceptance among all Americans of their social responsibilities as citizens.

Orthodox Jews have been expelled from the military for wearing yarmulkes; a religious community in which all members worked for the church and believed that acceptance of wages would be an affront to God has been forced to yield to the minimum wage; religious colleges have been denied tax exemptions for enforcing what they regard to be religiously compelled moral regulations; Amish farmers who refuse Social Security benefits have been forced to pay Social Security taxes; and Muslim prisoners have been denied the right to challenge prison regulations that conflict with their worship schedule.

A third, a physician in New York City, praised the Catholic tradition for its emphasis on human dignity and social justice, but added: «I am troubled by the fact that I find greater acceptance of myself as a whole person in my professional community as a physician, than I do in the official hierarchy of the church of my family, my childhood, and my life.»

He then insists that any attempts to revive myth as a viable organ of belief are doomed to failure: «For we must remember that belief in myth is not a personal attainment alone; it is more, much more so, a social phenomenon and depends for its efficacy on group acceptance and adherence; a private myth, however admirably expressed in whatever form, is therefore an ultimate, irreconcilable contradiction.&raqFor we must remember that belief in myth is not a personal attainment alone; it is more, much more so, a social phenomenon and depends for its efficacy on group acceptance and adherence; a private myth, however admirably expressed in whatever form, is therefore an ultimate, irreconcilable contradiction.&raqfor its efficacy on group acceptance and adherence; a private myth, however admirably expressed in whatever form, is therefore an ultimate, irreconcilable contradiction.»

For example, as early as 20 years ago General Frederick Coutts of the Salvation Army wrote: «Salvationists are identified with the high ideals of social justice and acceptance of the unchallenged rights of every man as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights» (Human Rights and the Salvation Army [Campfield Press, 19681, p. 5)

I get it David, you imagine Jesus as a symbol for social change and all loving acceptance.

This is no «cold justice» and no impersonal interest in freedom for others; it is a passionate caring which can not be content unless it is doing something; and that is a something which is social in context yet also personal in its acceptance by each and every son and daughter of God.

The final result was the rejection within mainstream culture of biblical literalism with its repudiation of history, geology, and the scientific method, and an acceptance of the contributions of science, of evolution and Freudian psychology, of a «higher criticism» of the Bible, of the move from an agrarian economy to an industrial economy and its need for high technology, and of a rearrangement of political views to accommodate social planning and reform which became known in the churches as the Social Gsocial planning and reform which became known in the churches as the Social GSocial Gospel.

As for determinism, naturalism's widespread acceptance in both the natural and social sciences implied that man, seen as a being completely subject to the chain of cause - and - effect that runs throughout nature, possesses no free will.

Rejecting social acceptance for all - out personal freedom?

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.

the equally mindless endorsement of all types of domestic radical isms from the Black Panthers to Greenpeace, the insouciant acceptance of millions of abortions as simply an expression of the right to choose, not to mention the other (less tangible) damage done to many lives by the brashs social engineering of new middle - class professionals (for instance.

They are regarded from within the movement as the next sexual minority in line for liberation and social acceptance.

But I believe it was hinted at in the words of a young Cambridge undergraduate who told me that what he and most of his friends aimed at in their sexual behavior were three things: permissiveness, within the range of social decency and acceptance; affection, by which he meant genuine caring and the beginning of real love; and responsibility, which he defined as readiness to stand up and take the consequences for any and every sort of human contact.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

The influence of Niebuhr on the Chicago school thus counted against ready acceptance of the message of political theology in the sixties despite the agreement of its concern for social salvation with Niebuhr's own convictions.

Despite any clinical evidence for or against the therapy, the APA denounces such therapy because, «In the current social climate, claiming homosexuality is a mental disorder stems from efforts to discredit the growing social acceptance of homosexuality as a normal variant of human sexuality.

Those who come from the opposite end of the scale of social acceptance are more readily aware of such matters, for they experience them daily.

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In addition to causing physical problems for children, thumbsucking can also impact a child's social acceptance and development if other children take note of it and tease a child at school and in other social settings.

The social acceptance part of it was huge for many of them, and they didn't want to be hidden away.

The Jury Prize winner receives a free both for the current festival, an automatic acceptance for the following year, and their work is featured on 2018 festival promotional materials and social media.

While sociometric status matters greatly for social functioning in teens, if your teen puts little importance on peer acceptance, they may be better at adjusting in different social situations, and ultimately enjoy established relationships better than teens who place a high importance on social acceptance.

As marriage becomes increasingly optional — no longer necessary for child - bearing, economic survival or social acceptance — individuals who decide to tie the knot can approach their union as a relationship designed to, above all else, foster a happier, healthier life.

There's a lot of general talk and buzz about Foursquare — we've discussed it at length on the NMS Blog (At SXSW Last Year's Next Big Thing Was This Years Actual Big Thing) but with Foursquare and Gowalla gaining more traction and greater acceptance by small and big businesses, it's time to start thinking about the 2010 and 2012 election cycles for geo - social.

For these reasons, most governments refrain from outright banning smoking, and rather use a long - term strategy of gradually undermining social acceptance.

If biotechnology is to have any social acceptance, it is time for it to moderate this trend before it is too late, and it starts with patents.

This ongoing awareness of the emotional wellness challenges in body acceptance drive Ivy toward changing the face of wellness from skewed social standards to love and appreciation based lifestyle choices for people of all sizes.

The transgender community is getting the recognition from the media it deserves, and an increasing number of people are willing to fight for equal rights of trans people, which results in better acceptance and more options when it comes to housing, employment, social interaction, and ultimately dating.

There is also an increase in social acceptance of people of all ages who in turn are attracted to different age groups; For instance, younger women getting attracted to older men and older women getting attracted to your younger men.

Searcy lives with cerebral palsy and uses her online presence to advocate for social awareness and acceptance of people with disabilities.

Set in the Mississippi Delta in the 1940's, The Rising Place is a delicate look at a young woman's passionate quest for self awareness and acceptance in a time of social injustice and world war.

Following the 2018 Golden Globes, you may have noticed a bit of an uproar on social media regarding the way James Franco handled his acceptance speech for The Disaster Artist.

Whatever parents are seeking for their children — improved academic performance, more engaged teachers, social acceptance, freedom from bullying, special needs programming, and so on — they are more likely to find it when they have more than one choice.

Teenagers look for strong social ties and value acceptance, care and support from others.

To truly support LGBTQ students, schools must radically rethink how to provide an educational experience that is not only safe but that overtly advocates for acceptance — an ideal environment for students» social - emotional development and academic success.

Teens are well versed in social media, and now they are able to leverage a platform designed specifically for professional adults to grease the path to college acceptance.

It is during these times when the social pressure for acceptance is most profound when it takes the most courage and passion to act on one's empathic musings.

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.