Sentences with phrase «value society places»

And yet — perhaps due to the high value our society places on the capacity to delay gratification and inhibit public displays of destructive emotions and impulses — problems linked with OC have received little attention or been misunderstood.
Acknowledging the victim in the new law represents a more accurate reflection of the value society places on a person's life, Brown tells the station.
She went on to say that, in her view, those who ventured into a public space must be tolerant of the «expressive behaviour of others» because of the value our society places on freedom of expression.
The cause of this unfortunate reality is attributed to an amalgamation of factors, the most prominent of which seem to be the pervasiveness of campaigns, motivated by monetary investment or a conflicting religious ideology, to subvert the value society places on scientific information.
Captured in this suspension, her immersive and intricate works question the value society places on objects and how objects ascribe meaning to the places and times we inhabit.
Amanda Filipacchi takes a darkly comedic stab at friendship, identity and the value society places on women's appearances in her latest satirical novel, The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty.
It's an investigation into the value society places on introverts and the science that makes us more or less outgoing.

Not exact matches

Each member of society has an algorithm for placing a value on each of those publications.
When you live in a society where there is a high value placed on calling yourself Christian and going to church, and there are even promising career paths available, there's always going to be people who become Christians for the wrong reasons.
One aspect of this difference can be explained by the value the wider society continues to place on male leadership.
Frances Young, SPCKModern society places a high value on success, learning and competence.
Modern society places a high value on success, learning and competence.
«When society learns to value the ill, the other questions of rights... will fall into place with remarkable ease.»
In the second place, he proposes to the truly revolutionary societies an attention to what is of value in their own contexts, and a program for growth to world consciousness — education, religion, an ethical business community, and so on.
This means that those realities which refuse to assume or submit themselves to be valued in monetary terms as commodities have no place in society.
Many women who espouse the prolife position do so, at least in part, because they have internalized patriarchal values and depend on the sense of identity and worth that comes from having accepted «woman's place» in society.
This has produced a value vacuum which the society is hard placed to deal with.
«Men of a certain age» are not valued in our society or in the church — even though they have been tried and tested, broken and (hopefully) healed, and have more to contribute, and again hopefully, from a healthier place, than they did before.
Perhaps one place to begin would be in dialogue between religious leaders concerning the role of the public schools in overcoming the absence of values in a secular society.
I co-sleep too with my 6 m.o - I think society disapproves of it because there is such a high value placed on sex and the bed is supposedly needed for this so anything that hinders sex must be rejected.
... Placing value on women based on men's attraction makes those who don't possess the traits society considers attractive feel worthless, and it makes women of all appearances feel like objects.
A breastfed baby depends on his mother for both food and comfort and in societies that place a high value on self - sufficiency, the baby who will not be satisfied with anyone other than his mother may regarded by many as a liability.
As society begins to place a greater value on the importance of the father's role in healthy child development, research will reflect those changing societal priorities.
Collectivist cultures, meaning cultures that place greater value on the good of the group as opposed to the individual, are more likely to cosleep than societies that emphasize the individual.
Though many Western societies have seen changes in their social demographics and living standards, one thing has remained relatively constant: the value they place on having pets.
Think for a minute of what you have to do and what you want to do; think about the pressures placed on you from society and the things you have come to value as true for you.
Skin color can be a huge thing for some families, as unfortunately some family members and societies place certain values on varying hues of skin.
But my more altruistic desire is for society, as a whole, to place more value on the values of attachment parenting, both within the home and within the community.
I would agree, it seems to me that employment is likely to lower the chances of poverty and crime, and modern western societies have placed a lot of value on being employed (or working in general, as in being self - employed or even owning and running a business - but most people still work regular old jobs).
In England and Wales, members of literally dozens of religions from Scientology to Methodism and from all the denominations of Judaism to the Spiritualists and the Aetherius Society can all have a legal marriage in the place most special to them, conducted by one who shares their beliefs, and in the form that embodies their most deeply held beliefs and values.
«These... reports suggest that the government should value migrants as more than simply an economic resource and must continue to place importance on ensuring their integration into wider British society, even when their stay is expected to be temporary,» said JRF director Julia Unwin.
In a society that places higher value on oral traditions than on the written word, she won't write a story down if she doesn't have full permission.
The more unequally income is distributed in a society, the less the economic value that society will place on nature.
This was surprising because China, being a collectivist society, places high value on interdependence, making a strong case for social capital theory.
Engaging stakeholders and society in an issue that takes place miles from land and fathoms underwater can be a daunting task, especially in the face of economic arguments for mining the deep sea for materials used in products that society values, like cell phones and other electronics.
«The ECS fully endorses the March for Science's non-partisan, non-violent, educational, and diversity goals and encourages its members to adhere to these values as they get involved in one of the numerous marches taking place throughout the world,» reads a statement on the society's website (more than 8,500 members).
AAU places equal emphasis on the three primary university value streams: highly qualified graduates for the labour market of the future; new cognition, knowledge, technology and innovation that address important societal problems; and effective dissemination of knowledge through cooperation with the community and wider society.
In conclusion, there are melodramatic spells, as well as some focal unevenness, spawned from hurrying past certain plot aspects that really aren't all that needed in the first place, being not much more than supplements to the rather repetitious bloating that makes this overambitious effort too overblown for its own good, though not to the point of completely dismissing its engagement value, as there is enough sharpness to the production designs, cinematography and score work to provide striking style, as well as enough story value, brought to life by inspired writing, direction and acting, - particularly by leading lady Halle Berry - to make «Alex Haley's Queen» a rewarding near - epic study on the struggles faced by the mulattoes who struggled to fit into a post-slavery society that was rich with racial tension and plenty of other life challenges.
«I feel it is a national disgrace that we as a society place a greater value on garbage pickup than on the personnel entrusted with the education of our children.»
(now write 3 arguments that religion is not necessary) In conclusion... write your opinion and explain why Plenary Give two reasons why religion is still valuable in today's society Give two reasons why religion has no value in today's secular Does religion have a place in society?
In other words, she wants projects that help adolescents find their place in society by giving them the chance to think about and discuss its ethics and values.
In my opinion, these are the two major hurdles around the world that need to be revised before women can take their place in a society that values them and treats them as complete equals.
The future of education may be grim in places where teachers are not valued as an integral part of a prosperous society.
The academy is lambasted as a place where, like the larger society, «anyone who does not believe that rapacious capitalism is the only road to freedom and the good life is dismissed as a crank,» and «academic disciplines gain stature almost exclusively through their exchange value on the market.»
Schools in the United States, as a reflection of society at large, often place imbalanced value on linguistic or logical - mathematical intelligence, and learners with intelligences in other modalities risk getting lost, undervalued, or ignored.
Following the Ofsted report the government told us «extremism has no place in our society» and it was requiring schools to actively promote British values.
Pre-service teachers placed a high value on the role of art in society while in - service teachers placed less value.
SEMA Show organizers have placed increasing importance on seminars targeted specifically at those interested in collaborating with collision repair businesses, and the Society of Collision Repair Specialists and its Repairer Driven Education program have been instrumental in delivering value to that growing group.
He is drawn to this work as an extension of his background in the news biz, and both jobs reflect the value he places upon knowledge, truth, an open mind, a sense of humanity and fairness — all essential to creating a just society and the rule of law in a lawless frontier.
I've referred to them as «the Narratives that guide our lives» — the stories through which we fundamentally interpret and explain our place in the universe and society, and which objectify our values and sense of what are right and wrong actions.
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