Quotes About Norms

Society possesses a conventional standard whereby it judges all things.

If you took some of the behavior that you see in the fashion world and put it anywhere else, it would just be embarrassing.

We don't kiss in public. It's not done.

Vad jag vet är, att av sjuka föräldrar och sjuka lärare fostras ännu sjukare barn, tills det sjuka har blivit norm och det friska en skräckbild. Av ensamma föds ännu ensammare, av rädda ännu räddare (s. 144)

Most of us, it seems, have a strong inclination to accept the peculiarities of our social environment as if they were 'natural'.

Yeterince erkeksi ya da kad?ns? olmamak, do?al yap?ya ayk?r? dü?mek gibi gösteriliyor. Ve hepimiz kad?n ya da erkek olarark do?du?umuz için, cinsel ki?ili?imizi yitirirsek yok olaca??m?z gibi bir dü?ünceye uyarlanmak isteniyoruz.

Yeterince erkeksi ya da kad?ns? olmamak, do?al yap?ya ayk?r? dü?mek gibi gösteriliyor. Ve hepimiz kad?n ya da erkek olarak do?du?umuz için, cinsel ki?ili?imizi yitirirsek yok olaca??m?z gibi bir dü?ünceye uyarlanmak isteniyoruz.

Nudges and network effects often work because they tap into underlying norms and values—such as duty, respect and care—and those values can be activated directly.

As our emerging self-portrait makes clear, we are motivated by far more than cost and price. So instead of turning first to markets to mediate our social and ecological relationships, the twenty-first-century economist would be wise to start by asking what social dynamics are already in play. What are the values, heuristics, norms and networks that currently shape human behaviour—and how could they be nurtured or nudged, rather than ignored and eroded?

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.

decade ago, the editorial writers at a large Canadian newspaper were amused when the germ-conscious editor-in-chief urged them to write an editorial against shaking hands. (He suggested crossing your arms and nodding instead.) The editorial never appeared. It's doubtful that the editor's suggestion would strike them as outlandish or exaggerated today.

The church's ... certainty is bound to certain norms and ... a feeling of subjective certainty does not guarantee irrefutable certainty ... it is not the certainty, but the truth in the certainty that makes us free ... there is a way of understanding Holy Scripture that does not estrange us from the gospel.

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

Despre dezvoltarea societ??ii: "Cu cât o societate ofer? mai pu?ine alternative, cu atât proiectele indivizilor decurg din cele câteva proiecte ?i norme oficial recunoscute, cu cât o societate las? loc mai pu?in loc pentru cultura îndoielii ?i pentru înv??ul dezv??ului, cu atât prostia ca încremenire în proiect câ?tig? teren ?i scleroza acelei societ??i este mai mare

A woman is expected, first and foremost, to respond to every communication from a man.

which had existed for 150 years, that married couples were not permitted

Islam has strong social aspects based around the concept of ummah – the community of believers – and expressions of individualism or nonconformity tend to be frowned upon. Members are expected to pull together and behave (at least in public) in ways that uphold its Islamic ethos. Thus, when someone breaks away from established norms – especially if they do so publicly – they are liable to be seen as damaging communal solidarity

So acts every 'man-in-the-street' in our own society, so has acted the average member of any society through the past ages, and so acts the present-day savage; and the lower his level of cultural development, the greater stickler he will be for good manners, propriety and form, and the more incomprehensive and odious to him will be the non-conforming point of view.

La socialización puede mejorarse empezando poco a poco, primero enseñando a tener relaciones simples, cara a cara y basadas en normas, y de ahí pasar a retos más complejos con grupos de semejantes.

Opting out just isn't a viable choice for most of us, most of the time; it violates what have become very real norms of contemporary life.

Across the board... Not junkies or freaks, but people who were just as comfortable with drugs like weed, booze, or coke as we are - and we're not weird, are we? Hell no, we're just overworked professionals who need to relax now and then, have a bit of the whoop and the giggle, right?

There's something very... I don't know; primitive, perhaps, about you, Gurgeh. You've never changed sex, have you?' He shook his head. 'Or slept with a man?' Another shake. 'I thought so,' Yay said. 'You're strange, Gurgeh.' She drained her glass.

Only poor people are weird. Rich people are eccentric.

In India, at the community level, young men are playing an absolutely essential role in changing the cultural norms and deeply held practices concerning women. They are doing this in a way that not only empowers women and girls, but really empowers the young men as well.