Sentences with phrase «social norms around»

Indeed, many of the social norms around marriage proposals — such as the arbitrary benchmark of two months» salary that men should spend on an engagement ring — come from De Beers» successful advertising efforts.

Thomas said the lower quit rates had much to do with social norms around smoking in many Aboriginal communities: «When nearly half the population around you smoke, it is harder to stay quit; everyone's smoking, everyone is offering cigarettes around, it's difficult.»

Education's role in challenging gender and social norms around violence are a cornerstone of any prevention efforts.

It's fair to say that the social norms around love and sex have gotten a lot more complicated in the past few decades.

The professional care of feet was in existence in ancient Egypt as evidenced by bas - relief carvings at the entrance to Ankmahor's tomb dating from It's fair to say that the social norms around love and sex have gotten a lot more complicated in the past few decades.

incorporate changing social norms around what marriage means and to embrace a variety of different «meanings» of marriage without writing any one meaning into our laws

Yes, Phoebe is embedded deeply enough in the culture around her to want to lose weight, but she is a sparkling and animated young woman who mostly enjoys her life and refuses to be so controlled by her diet, or the social norms around her, that she won't defiantly consume a bag of buttery popcorn now and then.

They got cheaper, they got better, they became more unobtrusive, and then they became part of the fabric of our social acceptance, we built social norms around them.

The stand - off also comes amid a growing campaign by politicians, regulators and courts across Europe to rein in Google's power over the Internet search market and the impact it has on deeply ingrained social norms around personal privacy.

Not exact matches

A full two years before that «social norm» comment, Zuckerberg apologized for his company's invasive Beacon ad program, which tracked users around the web without telling them, and he admitted that the company «did a bad job.»

With a community of more than 2 billion people, all around the world, in every different country, where there are wildly different social and cultural norms, it's just not clear to me that us sitting in an office here in California are best placed to always determine what the policies should be for people all around the world.

Nor did most of us perceive how, all around us, the social environment was being transformed by a sudden breakdown in traditional norms governing sexual behavior and a sharp rise in family disruption.

Perhaps not the social norm, but certainly the physiological norm, for all babies, all around the world.

Throughout the book, Meursault refuses to adhere to social norms such as «white lies», he can not «play the game» of social niceties or cover - ups and, most provocatively, can not engage emotively with those around him, responding passively to key events such as his mother's death, and disregarding the feelings of his girlfriend.

In this, he concedes that he and other professionals are contending with «deep - rooted social and cultural norms around divisions of labor and a lack of awareness regarding gender issues.»

Online dating is now so common that not only is the social stigma around finding a match online vastly lower, it's actually become the norm.

Social reinforcement when norms do not exist: If peoples» behaviour is shaped by the actions of those around them, but it is not the norm for families in a class to engage in home reading, an alternative option for teachers is to share popular opinion as opposed to popular behaviour, or share absolute numbers that suggest popularity (Martin, 2012).

Establish a learning culture: With students, create shared values, social norms and goals around the purpose and approach to learning in the digital world.

The research presented in this volume seems to support incorporating data around adult collaboration into accountability measures — data that «reveals more about how schools actually work — work processes, social interactions, norms and beliefs, and especially how all of this comes together.»

On Wednesday each week, I will be sharing a glimpse into the lives of inspirational female travellers, digital nomads and established female travel bloggers who refused to confrom to the social norm of working 9 - 5 and instead, chose to build their life and career around their biggest passion — travel.

Designed with the idea of fostering an atmosphere where independent thought and personal social responsibility are the norm rather than the exception, the Waldorf School's newest addition to their thousand strong campuses around the world is an

The social pressures against running an article about problems with alarmist science were enormous, but a scandal allowed them to make an end run around these social norms.

You can imagine some sort of structure, almost like a Supreme Court, that is made up of independent folks who don't work for Facebook, who ultimately make the final judgment call on what should be acceptable speech in a community that reflects the social norms and values of people all around the world.

The social norms are changing continually, and they're different in every country around the world.

A full two years before that «social norm» comment, Zuckerberg apologized for his company's invasive Beacon ad program, which tracked users around the web without telling them, and he admitted that the company «did a bad job.»

By challenging norms and unlocking creativity, we deliver long - lasting economic, environmental and social outcomes for societies around the globe.

Although there are policies in Wales that aim to address violence, including the recent «Framework for Managing the Night - Time Economy in Wales», 54 the Well - being of Future Generations (Wales) Act, 55 which provisionally includes a national indicator around «feeling safe in the community», and the Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act (2015), 56 more can be done to address key risk factors through other measures, including policy.1 Violence is strongly linked to social determinants such as unemployment; income and gender inequality; limited educational opportunities; and cultural, social and gender norms.1 Any comprehensive violence prevention strategy must recognise the influence of such factors and identify ways to mitigate or protect against risks.