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…
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…
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…
Are comfort zones healthy? When we are in a relationship, how healthy is our comfort zone? Let me explain a little bit about our comfort zones. There are two kinds, the one we build by ourselves or in collaboration with a partner; and the one we accept from a spouse or partner when we complied…
