Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms. — Jackson Katz Copy Share Image
“Any human action that goes against what is ordinary, is deemed as an anomaly.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We learn the social norms of our society and modify our behaviour accordingly. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“A crime is born in the gap between the morality of society and that of the individual.” — Håkan Nesser Copy Share Image
“Hate speech laws aren't passed to limit hate; they are passed to enforce social norms.” — Flemming Rose Copy Share Image
“All the men’s clothes she wore just called attention to how much of a girl she was.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“That’s why I’m done being quiet and submissive. If you allow yourself to be constrained by social norms, you’re never going to… — Tobias Wade Copy Share Image
Busyness is now the social norm that people feel they must conform to, Burnett says, or risk being outcasts. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
I didn't start wearing makeup until I was in my early 20s, so I never realized that makeup 'wasn't for boys,' as… — Manny MUA Copy Share Image
People are willing to work free, and they are willing to work for a reasonable wage; but offer them just a small… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
The way that social norms become social norms is not through any systematic process. It is through a flowering of an understanding… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
“Males have been groomed since birth, according to the specifications of a sick and perverse society, to become instruments of war.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“If norms are oppressive, try to foster acceptance of deviations, don't try to destroy the norms themselves — that's a fool's errand.” — T.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
“You can tell a lot about the intellectual and moral progress of a nation’s citizens, by the quality and nature of the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm… — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
“I shake my head at my friend. “Not only is they lines, but you know good as I do where them lines… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“During dreaming, we’re tuned inward, we experience vivid visual imagery, our conventional logic system is turned down, and social norms are loosened,… — Andrea Rock Copy Share Image
“Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors… deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases or conning… — Bruce Cannon Gibney Copy Share Image
Goodwill and reputation are intangibles, but they are the keys to business success. Since they are also inexorably linked to social values,… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
“By heavens! there is something after all in the world allowing one man to steal a horse while another must not look… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Sorting through what social conventions we ought to adopt for the Internet is a pretty tricky and complicated topic. I think we… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
I had a lot of anger against the way things 'should be done' - conforming to social norms, ticking boxes to gain… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
“You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“showed a group of two- and three-year-olds a new game. A puppet then appeared and performed the game incorrectly. Almost all the… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
“A slut is someone, usually a woman, who’s stepped outside of the very narrow lane that good girls are supposed to stay… — Jaclyn Friedman Copy Share Image
“In summary, our minds are built to sabotage information in order to come out ahead in social games. When big parts of… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
“At the behest of the criterion of authenticity, much that was once thought to make up the very fabric of culture has… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
“In reaction against the age-old slogan, "woman is the weaker vessel," or the still more offensive, "woman is a divine creature," we… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“Tripolar spirituality is not a desirable consequence or an optional third way; it is not an extra or additive dimension. Rather, it… — David Augsburger Copy Share Image
Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“He whispered: ‘Is it this? Is this possible? I’ll put a marvel to you. That your cousin has always hoped. That from… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“We don’t do superstars in our Tough Mudder world—but if we were to, it would be hard to ignore the claims of… — Will Dean Copy Share Image
“It really is something ... that men disapprove even of our doing things that are patently good. Wouldn't it be possible for… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
“Let’s take a quick look at what a psychopath is. Although the American Psychiatric Association (APA) no longer uses this term, much… — Robert Kirkconnell Copy Share Image
“It was a fact generally acknowledged by all but the most contumacious spirits at the beginning of the seventeenth century that woman… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
“[Y]ou are not ashamed of your sin [in committing adultery] because so many men commit it. Man's wickedness is now such that… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“So imagine two scenarios. Let’s say it’s the holidays, and two different neighbors invite you to their parties in the same week.… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“These ideas fit the experience of these Japanese women who often talked about searching for or trying to develop "self" (jibun). Cultivating… — Nancy Ross Rosenberger Copy Share Image
![“Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors… deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases or conning others for personal [gain]… Deceit and manipulation are central features of antisocial personality disorder… —DSM-V7” quote by Bruce Cannon Gibney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/479/bruce-cannon-gibney-13055_failure_failure-to-conform-to-social-norms-with_737176.jpg)
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