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When Americans pack their bags and venture beyond familiar borders, they often discover just how different life can be ...

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Social norms vary dramatically from one culture to another — but why? Psychologist Michele Gelfand unpacks why societies and individuals develop... How social norms — within a culture, a city, a ...

Nostalgia Meets Neuroscience The popular image of the 1960s and 70s childhood is one of free-range freedom: wood-paneled station wagons, bicycles without helmets, and a general ...

Social norms evolve as society moves forward. They reflect changes in values, technology, and culture, and many normal ...

Twenty-five years into the 21st century, culture is markedly different than it was in the previous millennium. Everyday life ...

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Bangladesh must confront and overturn the harmful social norms and entrenched power structures that normalise violence ...