The phrase "a social function for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the purpose or role that something serves in a social context.
Example: "The event was organized as a social function for networking among professionals in the industry."
Alternatives: "a social role for" or "a social purpose for".
He recalled Mr. Adriani playing host to a social function for the class as a student.
Later, at a social function for lesbians, Ijeoma and her friends find themselves hiding during a surprise attack.
In lieu of income, the local company has traditionally provided a social function for volunteers and their families.
There are other facets of ridesharing and car sharing in the works at RydenGo once the basics are in place, like a social function for arranging carpools and a "playground" where you can hire, say, a vintage fire truck for an event.
It's still not clear why only face-sniffing seems to serve a social function for rats, while body-sniffing and butt-sniffing don't.
If you're at a social function, try looking for other people who appear to be shy or holding back.
This is consistent with a hyperbolic version of the claim that (modern) art is society's social antithesis: "Insofar as a social function can be predicated for artworks, it is their functionlessness" (AT 227).
"It was only when they realised the club had a social function that they put in facilities for women".
Altogether, while also filled with its own errors and abuses, Protestantism has served an important and positive social function for hundreds of years, both religiously and politically, by advocating for systems and structures that resist various manifestations of tyranny and promote diverse expressions of freedom.
For a social functioning item (item 27, social activities), Caucasians and Japanese had greater difficultly than Hawaiians and Filipinos.
Arginine vasopressin (AVP) and arginine vasotocin (AVT) influence social behaviors in a number of species from diverse taxonomic groups, therefore suggesting a conservation of social functions for these homologous neuropeptides during vertebrate evolution.
