“As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.” LongTakenSubjectsSeriousJudgingBehaviorJudgmentStandardsMalesDefinitionsTraitsQuestioningNorm Book:Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence Source: Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence
“I think it's almost necessary for most people to have the freedom to pull back, and then re-enter at an adult level, where they are neither playing the victim nor creating victims, but just participating in calm, adult behavior. Because an awful lot of churches just aren't there at adult Christianity, this seems to be the norm anymore.” PeopleThinkingSeemsChurchLevelsChristianityBehaviorCreatingAdultsVictimCalmAwfulNormParticipating Author:Richard Rohr
“If networks are to be more efficient...this will come about only on the basis of a high level of trust and the existence of shared norms of ethical behavior between network members” IfsLevelsExistenceMembersBehaviorBasesEthicalEfficientNormHigh LevelEthical Behavior Author:Francis Fukuyama
“To be told that our child's behavior is "normal" offers little solace when our feelings are badly hurt, or when we worry that hisactions are harmful at the moment or may be injurious to his future. It does not help me as a parent nor lessen my worries when my child drives carelessly, even dangerously, if I am told that this is "normal" behavior for children of his age. I'd much prefer him to deviate from the norm and be a cautious driver!” IfsMayChildrenLittlesDoeMomentsHelpingFeelingsAgeParentHurtWorryOffersBehaviorNormalOur ChildrenMy ChildrenHelp MeDriversNormCautiousSolaceDeviate Author:Bruno Bettelheim
“When it comes to cyber warfare, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth. The technical sector is the backbone of the American economy, and if we start engaging in these kind of behaviors, in these kind of attacks, we're setting a standard, we're creating a new international norm of behavior that says this is what nations do. This is what developed nations do.” IfsKindEarthNationsLosesEconomyBehaviorCreatingStandardsInternationalSettingSettingsWarfareEngagingNormBackboneCyberAmerican EconomyCyber WarfareDeveloped Nations Author:Edward Snowden
“Our society is not held together primarily by law and its enforcement but most importantly by those who voluntarily obey the unenforceable because of their internalized norms of righteous or correct behavior. Religious belief in right and wrong is a vital influence to produce such voluntary compliance by a large number of our citizens.” TogetherLawBeliefReligiousNumbersInfluenceProduceCitizensBehaviorOur SocietyRighteousEnforcementNormLarge NumbersReligious BeliefCompliance Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms of behavior but are lived as the spontaneous manifestation of internalized values.” HumansRealityValuesForcePowerfulRightsBehaviorUnderstoodTransformationHuman RightsDefinedManifestationSpontaneousNorm Author:Daisaku Ikeda
“The Democrats are losing power in every election. And I think that's part of the panic. They want us to believe that the behavior and panic is rooted in an absolute outraged offense over this president that we have, this is just unacceptable and some maniac like Trump is so out of the ordinary, out of the norm, has to be stopped. I don't think that's what it is. I mean, it's part of it. But I think there's a much larger panic that is taking over the Democrat Party. And it's gonna implode on 'em.” ThinkingBelieveMeanPresidentPartyBehaviorLosingElectionDemocratOffenseNormWant UOutraged Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm never trying to make a statement about morality ever. If there's a statement to be made, it's "People are complicated. They do things that may hurt other people, or exploit other people, but they may do them for the right reasons, or out of desperation." I don't judge that sort of "bad" behavior. I'm only interested in a world where people break outside of the norm, and I believe people do whatever they have to do to relieve themselves of pain. I just want to watch and see how that plays out.” PeopleWorldTryingBelieveReasonPainI BelieveHurtBreakJudgingMoralityBehaviorComplicatedDesperationNorm Author:Liz W. Garcia
“We want to work with the Russians. But we also have every right to expect the Russians to behave in a fashion and keeping with a - with a - with a country who respects international boundaries and the norms of international behavior.” CountryFashionBehaviorBoundariesBehaveNorm Author:John McCain
“Change is difficult and it takes time. It is hard for people to change their own behavior, much less that of others. Change programs normally address attitudes, ideas, and rewards. But the behaviors of people in organizations are also strongly shaped by habits, routines, and social norms. Real change requires new power relationships, new work routines and new habits, not just intent.” PeopleRealDifficultAttitudeHabitBehaviorProgramTake TimeNormIt Takes Time Author:Richard P. Rumelt
“Let's reach the students who will abide by a "yes means yes" standard in sexual behavior and reeducate them to use it. And as more and more of them use it, others will adopt it too. We're on our way to a new social norm and that's a beautiful thing.” MeanBeautifulStudentsBehaviorBeautiful ThingsNorm Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis
“A bit of theory as we settle down for lunch: the waiter's treatment of Kitty is actually a kind of sandwich, with the bottom bread being the bored and slightly effete way he normally acts with customers, the middle being the crazed and abnormal way he feels around this famous nineteen-year-old girl, and the top bread being his attempt to contain and conceal this alien middle layer with some mode of behavior that at least approximates the bottom layer of boredom and effeteness that is his norm.” WayFeelsYearsKindGirlBitsMiddleTheoryBehaviorBottomCustomersBreadAliensBoredSettlingBoredomTreatmentInsightfulLunchLayersNormSandwichesAbnormalWaiterSettling DownNineteenKitties Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad