Quotes About Cultural norms

A person of her class. A person whose habits and manners stamped out the development of desire and predilection.

Japanese women live in fear of making the least sound in a bathroom stall. Japanese men pay no attention to the subject whatsoever.

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.

In today's society, a lot of males think you have to be strong all the time, and you're not allowed to show weakness. That's just so false.

People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that.

Not one person would admit that they didn't want me to wear a bikini because of their aesthetic preference - a preference that is shaped by our cultural perceptions of what is and isn't beautiful.

It was not appropriate for me to wear anything like a bustier or to be sexy. It was big hair and hoop earrings and jean jackets.

I've never been happier to be born in this time than when I was wearing a corset.

Every religion curbs women rights to some extent. Some countries acted against religions and put a ban on wearing hijab, which was also a violation of human rights.

Growing up in the '70s, it was only a few years before that when men started to grow their hair long. And in the '70s, people were pushing the envelope a little farther, with men having even more style and piercing both their ears and wearing makeup.

In the '50s, a lot of girls never saw beyond the wedding day.

You can easily take photographs at a wedding - no one would question it. But funerals are different.

I think weddings are ridiculous.

Weddings to me are largely an ego-centric waste of time and money.

In our society, it's an unwritten law that you can't have a child out of wedlock. I am not in agreement with that, but I am expected to follow it as I am a part of this society.

I got married only because I was pregnant. Simple as that. I am a very traditional girl and was horrified at the thought of having a child out of wedlock. I didn't want a child of mine to be different or have fingers pointed at.

In Mexico, I think I'm considered conservative. Not politically - in terms of form and experimentation.

I don't think we're politically correct when we're private. I don't know what 'politically correct' means.

I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.

In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women.

Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture.

Remember, taboos are just a map of what a society feels it's acceptable to be neurotic about. Taboos aren't rational.

I don't believe in nudity for nudity's sake, but it's really beautiful when it's done well, when it's within a story. I'm very comfortable with my body. I grew up mostly in France, where nudity is not taboo.