We adults protect ourselves with laws, police, workplace regulations and social norms and there is no conceivable reason why children should be… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
According to the classic liberal-arts ideal, learning promises liberation, but it is not liberation from demanding moral ideals and social norms, or… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
“After several months in our trio relationship, my husband and I started telling friends about our girlfriend... No one seemed to mind… — Victoria Vantoch Copy Share Image
“No: I shall not marry Samuel Fawthrop Wynne." "I ask why? I must have a reason. In all respects he is more… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Something I've always written about is social expectations: that the eyes of the community are on you all the time, expecting you… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
When you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. ... And I don't quite know… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
“Causing any damage or harm to one party in order to help another party is not justice, and likewise, attacking all feminine… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
In the U.S., I think there is an ideology of not telling kids what to do. Nobody to tell you who to… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour, and they are classic excuses. — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
“When the Rule of Law disappears, we are ruled by the whims of men.” — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
“Mannequins are both a reflection of our social norms and and a beacon for our ideals.” — Brandy Isadora Copy Share Image
“the right to life of a woman should not be contingent on her obedience of social norms and traditions."A.Prasad(Venkat Seminar )” — Ashoka Prasad Copy Share Image
Once you break the social norm and create a new social norm, all of a sudden it can stay with us for… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“We're all teased or pressured into conforming to the all-levelling social norms of mediocrity.” — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
“Human security depends on a system where each rational individual calculates that it is more profitable not to rebel.” — Mark Gough Copy Share Image
“When we tell half-truths in an attempt to maintain social norms and values, we risk losing both our integrity and the maintenance… — Ptera Hunter Copy Share Image
A plastic bag charge is far from representing mere climate change symbolism. It is a clarion call to us all to alter… — Pritam Singh Copy Share Image
Of course, you have the right to live your life your way, but it is also your responsibility to take care of… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“Parents must teach their kids about questioning assumption and social norms, showing their kids how to think critically and be skeptical of… — Dan Arel Copy Share Image
“The culture were live in ripples through our daily lives, sending messages about what is considered "normal" and healthy by society.” — Lee Harrington Copy Share Image
Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of… — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
“By insisting that economic laws always take shape through social norms, values, and political choices, Piketty would rescue his discipline from the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Here’s the thing about oppression: It’s rarely the result of one person’s actions and often it’s not even intentional. As philosopher Carol… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Groups must balance the need to enforce norms with the need to adapt. If the group is unable to enforce social norms,… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
“There is no deception on the part of the woman, where a man bewilders himself: if he deludes his own wits, I… — John Gower Copy Share Image
I suppose it's not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do - to feel, discuss feelings. So that's what… — Jess C Scott Copy Share Image
“We all have our own constraints to deal with—rules and social norms we’re required to observe that we’d rather not. Dress codes,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I wanted for that other place. I wanted for the part of the world where I believed there existed a fundamental kind… — Omar El Akkad Copy Share Image
“The world doesn't need a good woman who is meekly obedient to the uncivilized social norms that advocate female inferiority. The world… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“ Who Suffers? If you have social anxiety, you are not alone. The National Comorbidity Study found social phobia to be the… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
“God bids you not to commit lechery, that is, not to have sex with any woman except your wife. You ask of… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“[I]f the name of wife appears more sacred and more valid, sweeter to me is ever the word friend, or, if thou… — Héloïse Copy Share Image
“..civility took root at Wikipedia. It grew into a social norm...But sometimes, even the toughest social norms aren’t enough. We found there… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
“Depicting rational economic man as an isolated individual – unaffected by the choices of others – proved highly convenient for modelling the… — Kate Raworth Copy Share Image
“A few years ago, for instance, the AARP asked some lawyers if they would offer less expensive services to needy retirees, at… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“Dads. It’s time to show our sons how to properly treat a woman. It’s time to show our daughters how a girl… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
“Wine and women make wise men dote and forsake God's law and do wrong." However, the fault is not in the wine,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image