Sentences with phrase «societal norms in»

«This story is about three people who are willing to go against societal norms in order to be true to themselves.»

Amos manages to weave her own mythology into larger fantastical stories, and fight societal norms in the process, all with a fierceness that will please old fans and likely win over new ones.

As it turns out, «contentment» is a word like «afford» that is typically looked down upon as it relates to societal norms in our day in age.

Not exact matches

In a short statement on the Formula 1 website on Wednesday, commercial operations director Sean Bratches said the custom of using grid girls «does not resonate with [the] brand values [of F1] and clearly is at odds with modern day societal norms.»

Jonathan Van Ness, the most outwardly feminine of the group, is genuinely one of the highlights of watching the series because of his ability to be unapologetically himself in the face of straight guys and a larger societal environment that shames men who deviate from the norm.

What he thought about gay people is irrelevant at best and one can not expect him alone to break the stigma of societal norm of his era (apparently many still live in that era).

This book, in my opinion, is to actually minimize the great apostasy taking place in our churches; especially among those who were never taught the real meaning of being «last instead of first», to help those who come into the church who may bring with them societal norms of entitlement and «whats in it for me» attitudes and behaviors.

This happened in a country where in 1979, at a White House Conference on the Family, participants could not agree as to whether or not there is a societal norm that could be described simply as the American Family.

It has been standard practice in adjudicating the psychopathological status of a behavioral syndrome to focus on four criteria: statistical infrequency, distress, maladaptiveness, and violation of societal norms.

If the latter, it does not really matter what one does in this life as there are no consequences outside of the immediate — that of punishments within human based laws and societal norms.

It's all very 21st century: we are no longer in a Victorian age, where authority figures were painted as benevolent, and rogueish types were commonly the outsider, the foreigner, or anyone else who tampered with societal norms.

’12 Although «in the pluralistic society it can not be the socio - critical attitude of the church to proclaim one positive societal order as an absolute norm», 13 nevertheless, the church should have «the courage to formulate hypotheses suitable to contingent situations».14

It allows those of us steeped in American culture to reconsider some of our default societal norms and values, and maybe even adapt some new ways of engaging with the world.

What David learned early from the example of his parents (and the FBI visitation in worship) was that there may well be consequences for taking a stand that goes against societal norms.

Rather, it is a societal norm concerning how we can best conduct ourselves in political dialogue.

James Harden is not your typical NBA superstar in that he has a wild, rather intimidating beard and a sense of fashion that is, one might say, outside societal norms.

I'm all about busting out of societal norms and here are these young people — growing up in a time when there's more freedom than ever — instituting oppressive rules around sex.

Miffed by a societal norm that perpetuates the idea that women who nurse their babies should do so in hiding, I've thought of a few things you actually don't have to do when breastfeeding in public.

Breastfeeding in public is currently an act that deviates from societal norms.

Yes, I may be naive, but I do live in hope that the biological norm will one day be the societal norm for how to feed a baby and I think breastfeeding in public will play a vital role in getting us there.

It's easy to get tangled up in societal norms and pressures and get lost at sea — simply swimming, like a school of fish, following one another, without hesitation or any real sense of direction.

We discuss risks and benefits, alternative options, and explore the societal norm, as well as, review what is understood in today's literature.

It is also interesting to note that, in the not - too - distant past, husbands hitting their wives was also viewed as not only a societal norm, but a necessary part of maintaining a harmonious, successful marriage.

I feel as a society in general, we are out of touch with our feelings, and are more in touch with societal norms, and doing what everyone else is doing.

It is also interesting to note that, in the not - too - distant past, husbands hitting their wives was also viewed as not only a societal norm, but also a necessary part of maintaining a harmonious, successful marriage.

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It has given way to a narrow economism, which is less concerned with societal norms and more interested in restoring growth.

And it looked like someone having to renounce a tenets of his faith in order to satisfy modern societal norms.

These mechanisms allow societal norms to emerge in online communities where none were before, just as juries have for hundreds of years, says Cliff Lampe at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

You get pressure from every side to find The One — Mom can't stop asking, Great Aunt Sue always brings it up at Thanksgiving, societal norms say women in relationships > single women, and there's that silent - yet - deafening tick of the biological clock.

The word vagina still can't be said in politics and mainstream media without some sort of backlash, says Dr. Ross, due to outdated attitudes and societal norms about sex and the female body.

People across the globe (although more in the United States due to societal pressures and beauty norms) have a history of dieting with the end goal of weight loss.

Also, attitude as in defying the societal norms of dressing like everyone else, in relation to the homogenous fashion in the beginning of the 20th century.

In a 2012 paper, the Israeli academic wrote that singlehood is «a sociological phenomenon constituted and forged through changing social definitions, norms, and societal expectations» 6.

I think our societal norms have conditioned us to believe that the man should be the primary breadwinner in the household and that anything less is unsatisfactory.

Many don't openly express their deep desires and longings about sex to their partners, in reality, due to societal norms or simply shyness.

That said, older woman / younger man relationships have become increasingly visible in recent years, though that visibility hasn't necessarily translated into a shift in societal norms.

She is defiant in the face of societal norms — a scene in which she gives her younger sister a book about defying the patriarchy for a baby shower is perfectly in tune with the character — but she's struggling in two areas of her life.

The fact that the film is about a lesbian romance in which the protagonist fights against societal norms only added to the women's ire.

Still, despite her disregard of societal norms (the story takes place in the 1870's), her beauty and brazenness manages to attract the attention of numerous eligible bachelors.

Taking advantage of the fact that his subject spent a living experimenting with confronting societal norms, Almereyda continually messes around with the norms and structures of biopics and filmmaking in general.

It's a film, not just about race, but about class and gender as well, and how the station one's born in will practically determine the ease by which one's life will proceed, for no other reason than societal norms and traditions.

It's no surprise that Terence Davies, ever a chronicler of fissures in the monolithic images of societal norms, would find a special kinship across time, nationality, gender, and sexual orientation with Lily Bart.

Today's developed societies, with their digitally empowered parents (Project Tomorrow, 2011) and pervasive application of the digital in every facet of life, should rightly expect schools to provide a higher order education at least consonant with, if not slightly ahead of, the societal norms of the digital and networked world.

As my research continued, I felt like I had unearthed one of those Russian matryoshka dolls, lost in a world of adolescent sexuality, gender roles, and societal norms — one issue wrapped in another and another.

Suspects include female participation in the labor force; changing social norms; young male isolation from the workforce, schools, and other societal institutions; and government subsidization of single parenthood.

Societal norms at that time saw children making their own way to school and they were free to roam anywhere in the neighbourhood, so long as they were home for dinner.

They must also learn how to behave in a law - abiding way, respecting basic societal norms and values.

Instead, as one article sought to clarify, it derails the conversation and does nothing to question societal norms and expectations in regards to how violence against women is normalized (Plait, 2014).

How do children learn to be honest, respect societal norms, and act in ways consistent with the values, beliefs, and moral principles they claim to hold?