Here, Tintin and Asterix speak foreign languages, ice lollies carry exotic names such as "Brrr" rather than dull old Magnum and wearing a swimming hat and briefs is the (sometimes compulsory) norm.
As prenatal testing methods improve, selective government financing of pregnancies may become the norm, leading to compulsory abortion in the name of quality.Perhaps part of the reason Britons and other nations seem to have developed a low value of children is the very concept of a child has moved from the realm of family to that of commodity.
Upon graduating, I moved to New York and started working in fashion, where heels became a norm and a compulsory component to our everyday uniform.
As a form of power, compulsory heterosexuality imposes a set of norms about how and whom we should desire and establishes a set of sanctions from this set.
De facto compulsory schooling laws occur when strong norms exist within a society requiring students to attend school through a certain level (completing primary for example).
Participants with an immigration background held a number of health beliefs related to their home healthcare system where vaccination was compulsory or where pro-vaccination social norms were stronger.
In societies where rules can be bypassed in view of more highly valued social norms, like the Brazilian society, compulsory institutionalization may undermine experiences that are highly valued to face-to-face groups.
Whatever its effectiveness, it is clear that compulsory drug detention in Thailand violates international norms.
Bayer remains free to cynically pursue its appeal rights in court, but U.S. officials should avoid misleading Congress about other countries' sovereign rights to issue compulsory licenses pursuant to national law and international norms.
Beeps from security wands and metal detector machines are the norm in Nairobi, because of the compulsory security checks at every major building, mall, event locations and some buses in the city.
