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“The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters.”

Ifs Men Mother Challenges Daughter Structure Norm Subordinates Mother Daughter Social Norms

Book:Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess

Source: Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess

“People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that.”

People Social Society Anger Injustice Behave Permit Norm Social Norms

Author:Max Cannon

“At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.”

People Social Groups Like Me Conform Norm Identification Social Norms Social Groups

Author:Sean Parker

“Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn't want the government to be mandating courtesy.”

World Want Problem Government Social Indispensable Norm Courtesy Social Norms

Author:Cass Sunstein

“Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behavior, and they are classic excuses.”

Social Powerful Influence Behavior Pressure Excuse Classic Peers Norm Peer Pressure Social Norms Social Pressure

Author:Andrew Lansley

“Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that our ancestors lacked social norms before they had religion? Did they never assist others in need, or complain about an unfair deal? Humans must have worried about the functioning of their communities well before the current religions arose, which is only a few thousand years ago.”

“Busyness is now the social norm that people feel they must conform to, Burnett says, or risk being outcasts.”

People Feels Social Risk Conform Norm Outcast Social Norms

Book:Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has The Time

Source: Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has The Time

“We adults protect ourselves with laws, police, workplace regulations and social norms and there is no conceivable reason why children should be left more vulnerable, other that laziness or callousness in considering what life is like from their point of view.”

Source: The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel.”

World Ideas Would Be Literature Peace Week Threat Democratic Israel Graves Drunk Palestinian Norm Social Norms Oslo

Author:Natan Sharansky

“For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.”

Firsts Culture Stupid Becoming First Time Ideals Norm Social Norms Coarse

Author:Carl Bernstein

“In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.”

School Levels Demand Achievement High School Majority Average Norm Social Norms Above Average

Author:James S. Coleman