But more so than men, however, women find that their wardrobe choices are often calibrated by cultural expectations: modesty, authority, shifting ideals of femininity.
Poland's anthem sets a standard for modesty and reduced expectations with its refrain claiming, "Poland is not yet lost while we are still alive".
Yet typical patients bring a bevy of strong expectations of modesty, solitude and bodily integrity to doctors' offices, hospitals and other health care settings.
Razek said, "It's the opposite of the expectation of modesty, but it almost feels the same".
A head covering suggested the expectation of modesty, which I was clearly in the midst of defying.
As a general rule, they try to limit access to health information and biospecimens, respect health-related decisions, and honor both individual and community expectations of bodily modesty, intimacy, bodily integrity, and self-ownership (Winslade 2014).
At first this may appear to be a lowering of the readers' expectation out of modesty – but then, later, he tells us: "I am not a very modest person".
Women exercise more caution when selecting a mate, which many psychologists attribute to cultural expectations, such as when female modesty is pushed by some religions.
The nature of the largely positive responses gained may in part be influenced by a general sense of modesty in Ethiopia, the political environment, and low expectation threshold.
Eddie Jones's early days as the England coach may have been characterised by the reining in of expectations but he is prepared to forgo such modesty when it comes to George Ford and Manu Tuilagi.
