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…
Many encounters between men and women today start with online dating, and these relationships often fall into patterns. Of special frequency is “ghosting,” in which one member of the relationship––usually the man––disappears without explanation after a few dates. Starting in our late twenties, many women experience tremendous pressure from their family and friends to get…
