I have had a lifelong, profound interest in this topic: the social pressures and relatedchallenges that women of all ages and socio-cultural backgrounds face and how they can dealwith them. Nine of my twenty-five years in private practice as a psychologist were particularlysignificant. I worked in an outpatient program with an all-female staff and client…
Being a woman is not easy, and social pressures placed on women have consequences that clinical psychologist Dr. Alicia Lamberghini-West sees firsthand in her private practice. In her book, Your Life, Your Way: Become Aware of Social Pressures Limiting Women, Dr. Lamberghini-West helps women identify common social pressures that could be holding them back. She…
Black Tie Magazine published a great story about my book “Your Life, Your Way,” The Unbearable Weight of Social Pressures: Psychologist’s Book Helps Women Lighten the Load. Please find the story at: https://blacktiemagazine.com/recommended_reading/Alicia_Lamberghini_Your_Life_Your_Way.htm
What do women get from this drinking culture? First, there’s the idea that drinking makesyou easygoing and free, helping you to be more spontaneous, to do and say things with less self-censure. This can give you the idea that a better, more fun, and friendly version of you willemerge under the influence of alcohol. Second,…
Social pressures can create or deteriorate emotional negative states. Across cultures,women are bombarded by social expectations and the consequent pressures to fulfill societal,community, religious, and family ideals. They often feel under scrutiny or blamed for not livingup to these unrealistic expectations or for wanting to go a different way. Often, they internalizethese feelings, as though…
In the US and other countries within its sphere of influence, drinking has become part ofour national culture. Drinking is a behavior that’s accepted and, subsequently, may be expectedand anticipated in a variety of settings. In our contemporary culture, people primarily drink toenhance sociability, for personal enjoyment, to escape problems, and to relieve stress.The social…
Across cultures, women are bombarded by social expectations. For example: -Women may be expected to fit in with a particular type of beauty, whether in terms ofweight, appearance, fashion, etc. -Women feel they have to be “perfect” in their personal, social, and professional lives—to “have it all” and be impeccable. -Many societies still view marriage…
While our particular cultural and social environments influence us, we have a uniquepersonal identity and the right to develop, expand, and express it. The more we grow, the morehappiness we will have in life.Besides, social pressures and expectations are not laws, and not conforming to themdoesn’t make us bad people. We have the freedom to…
