Sentences with phrase «social customs»

Yet even where education is permitted, girls are often discouraged from taking advantage of the opportunities, both because of social custom and the immediate need for their labor at home.

Rather they argue that interest rates are ultimately set in line with social customs and legal institutions.

Search for upcoming French social customs are an important key to understanding French culture.

Just as the 19th century brought about complicated social customs, so was the language of flowers.

It is commonly supposed that one of the main functions of social customs is to give people an acceptable appearance, regardless of the real person behind the appearance.

Because of this distinction Brahmabandhab asserted that an Indian can be a Christian by faith and a Hindu in social custom and belonging.

Humankind's nearest relative is even closer than we thought: chimpanzees display remarkable behaviors that can only be described as social customs passed on from generation to generation

And there are some churches which I ought not to join — they stand for beliefs which seem to me incredible, or for social customs which seem to me deplorable.

It is not easy for schoolteachers and administrators to swim against the stream of social custom by such measures, since they have their personal reputations, ambitions, and social status to consider, and since these are closely linked to the manner in which they treat the young people committed to their instruction.

Neighbours looks at how deeply rooted social customs such as spectacles and celebrations have seeped into the visual arts to inform the work of contemporary artists from this diversified and historically interconnected area.

In the absence of such established social customs, a civilized society would be merely a random group of individuals inadvertently related — a disorganized, perhaps even chaotic, gathering of humanity.

«A lot of social customs come with the Latino community and they are very tied to religious roots, so it is not the most welcoming environment for LGBT people.»

The Union of South Africa had allowed social custom and law to govern the consideration of multiracial affairs and of the allocation, in racial terms, of How a young South African is buying a property a year with no money!

Various social customs would change under the appropriated Law of the ancient Israelites.

The debate is pinpointing the deep ambivalence native - born or naturalized citizens have about social customs among immigrants (e.g., Muslims), and signal a fear that Quebec and France's principles of citizens» rights, core values, equality and secularism are being undermined.

When Olayan first sought to integrate OFC in 2001, there was no playbook for a company like hers to hire women — and plenty of obstacles to doing so, since labor law and social customs left a lot of room for interpretation and confusion.

The handshake is one of the most prominent social customs in the world, a near - universal greeting which elegantly allows strangers and friends alike to say hello.

There are few social customs more perplexing than tipping, because every country seems to have different protocol.

He fought against the prevailing practices among the Muslims, such as the worship of saints and other social customs which had no religious sanction.

Speaking of the efficacy of a society as a whole, via its inherited social customs and the like, Whitehead makes the following point: «In the end nothing is effective except massively coordinated inheritance» (AI 64).

For one, the members of a civilized society are mutually and immanently related to one another in a host of ways: personally, religiously, economically, politically, etc.; each member of society is socialized, to varying degrees, in terms of the efficacy of prevalent social customs, institutions, etc.; and functionally speaking, a civilized society is itself a vast network of interdependent activities and enterprises, civilized and non-civilized.

Children were taught the Bible, the creeds, the Ten Commandments and the liturgy by their parents, just as certainly as they were taught social customs.

The former denotes social custom and a way of life, while the latter is about individual moksa or salvation, and is basically unrelated to cultural idiom.

I often wonder if many people of a certain age, gender and generation are steered away from things they may have really enjoyed just because of the prevailing social customs of the times.

December 5thmarks a return to the rich traditions of craft fermentation and distillation, the legitimacy of the American bartender as a contributor to the culinary arts and the responsible enjoyment of alcohol as a sacred social custom.

He believes that life begins at conception and wishes that the laws of our state reflected that view... Tavarez believes that marriage is more than a personally rewarding social custom.

In Zimbabwe — where AIDS is prematurely killing a generation of adults — counselors and researchers struggle against social customs, viral resourcefulness and despair.

Coming to the United States to do a postdoc presents a variety of unexpected challenges, such as getting a credit card and navigating unfamiliar social customs.

In Italy Traditions and habits: All countries have peculiar social customs and Italy is no exception.

The author is invited by a suave vampire (Vincent Price) to accompany him to the title establishment, where he observes the secret social customs of various species of monsters — which apparently include drinking, dancing, and watching undead strippers remove more than just their clothing.

A very mannered but deadly dull period piece drama of partially upended, stuffy social customs in which things like, «Dolly, dearest Dolly!»

The personalities [Victoria Strauss] has built here are so compelling and... the complicated political, religious and social customs so elaborate and well thought out, one can't help but think --- and after a while, hope --- that The Burning Land is only the first of many.

The author has a flair for world building, not settling for vivid descriptions of sights and smells but also utilizing social customs to ground Anglet's story.

Benque Viejo Del Carmen is a charming Mestizo town with marimba bands, fiestas and colourful social customs centered around baptism, marriage, Christmas; the highly flavoured «Spanish dishes» and serenades by night.

Informational services are available and can give you reports on health advisories and social customs at your destination.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Key Point Solutions — Billings, MT Anthropologist • Feb 2010 — Present • Collect information and make comparative studies akin to evolution and origin of the human race • Gather and analyze data on social customs and cultural variances using artifacts as tools • Report findings by writing reports and making presentations • Manage identification of cultural specific beliefs and practices of the human race • Develop intervention techniques

Both he and Margaret Sanger challenged unjust laws, cruel social customs, and blind prejudice that still hold people in ignorance, poverty, and despair.

For example, the law allows persons 18 years and over to get married without any restriction, but social customs drive us to manage marriage with parents and if they reject your proposal, you are not allowed because it will become disobedience of parents that is forbidden in Islamic law.

He explained his findings in nontechnical terms in Slate magazine: «Although doubt will always remain about what causes a change in social custom, the technology - shock theory does fit the facts.

Then in his own good time (which is usually not long) he will be able to reorganize his bodily activities so as to conform to established social customs.

Growing up in New Mexico in a large Latino family, Ventura explains, «A lot of social customs come with the Latino community and they are very tied to religious roots, so it is not the most welcoming environment for LGBT people.»

The Union of South Africa had allowed social custom and law to govern the consideration of multiracial affairs and of the allocation, in racial terms, of South Africa has a notably high rate of murders, assaults, rapes and other violent crimes, compared with most countries.

Over the course of the more than four decades this novel tracks, Mevlut remains a charming and good - natured protagonist, taking things in stride even as social customs and a set of misplaced coincidences conspire to ensure that his marriage is first built on compromise and only later, love.

Gordon Winiemko works with social customs and cultural idioms, those «things we do» that are sometimes so commonplace that we often forget how they shape our lives, for better or worse.

For example, if gender segregation were just a social custom for the Haredim -LRB-?)

With some variations we have first a story that fits the situation confronted by Jesus in his ministry, reflects the social customs of Palestine in his day, and illustrates a point characteristic of his teaching.