Quotes About Cultural norms

Social norms are the cement that holds societies together.

de lo que podemos considerar como el aspecto sórdido de la vida se origina en la conformidad de "lo que se hace". ¿Cuántos

compensation that was often paid not to the victim herself but to her father or husband, since rape counted less as sexual violence against a woman than as a property crime against her male guardian.

Montesquieu, who wrote that "bad examples can be worse than crimes." He continued: "More states have perished because of a violation of their mores than because of a violation of their Laws." What

During this period, he did some things that challenge our modern sensibilities.

Many can't help faking happiness on account of social pressure. Happiness can be viewed as a social duty and sadness is socially not acceptable. ( "C'est quand le bonheur ?" )

what we are prepared to accept in the way of the technology of eating is often determined more by cultural forces than function.

Traditional cuisines across the world were founded on a strong sense of balance, with norms about which foods go together, and how much one should eat at different times of the day.

Very little about the way we eat is, in fact, logical.

Moral Relativism is a widespread disease.

Marry your son when you will, but you daughter when you can.

When you're 5 ft. 5 in., have a round Jewish face and wear glasses and refuse to wear contacts, you're going to get offered certain parts. People thought of me as the nerdy guy, even in non-nerdy parts like 'Parenthood.' I didn't feel the need to change anything I was doing - I embraced it.

In my family, women rarely go out with their heads uncovered, so there was considerable opposition regarding my choice of career.

I have no regrets except that I was born a woman instead of a man.

Culture is more important than rules and regulations.

What's life without risks? When I made 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam,' everybody said in India you can never have a husband say that I am uniting my wife with her lover. The male audience would reject it, and it is a male audience and hero-oriented industry.

In every single culture I encountered, there were always women who defied cultural norms to do what they believed was right for them. This phenomenon has never been related to how rich, poor, successful or not successful the woman may be.

Being in a heterosexual relationship for a woman is always implicitly a little bit humiliating.

I had to keep from laughing when a male relative of mine became concerned about how often I danced.

When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'

It is a lot to learn, and unique, but it is commonplace here in Atlanta where the man takes care of things and the woman becomes a homemaker, and later on in the relationship, a mother, which isn't the things that I ever considered. I think Cody thought that I would want that for my life since he grew up in that, but that is just not me.

Some Muslim children, both male and female, have little choice in who to marry, what to study, what their careers will be, and who they can socialise with. Their lives are constrained under the expectations of family 'honour.'

The locale does not determine the dress code; the host does.

In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.