"Acting wasn't the prevailing cultural expression in our town," he continued.
In Norway, egalitarianism is not a rebellion against prevailing cultural norms.
Since it launched in 1902, Marmite has been adept at adapting itself, tapping into prevailing cultural trends with impressive alacrity.
And although "Jon" is a satire about advertising and consumerism, it's also about the difficulties and challenges of freeing ourselves from prevailing cultural norms.
Every ruling on the best interests of a child is a best guess and a judgment call, and so subject to assumptions, prejudice and prevailing cultural values.
Debriefing holds more allure for most counsellors, for it reflects a prevailing cultural bias; namely, that a single outpouring of emotion — one good cry — can heal a scarred psyche.
They are not progressive, democratic organisations, and a truly democratic and free society must respect their internal dynamics and values, even if from a secular, rights-based perspective these are at odds with prevailing cultural norms.
The prevailing cultural attitude was still sexist: men who took leave were dubbed "velvet dads" and men largely didn't feel like they could succeed at work if they took time off to be with their kids.
The moment we begin to learn anything from the people around us and the social institutions of which we become part, our minds and the various world views we adopt, inevitably reflect prevailing cultural norms.
Thus, it is no surprise that many individuals and groups espousing the prevailing cultural tenets of nihilism, relativism, materialism and hedonism will reject Benedict XVI and continue to cast aspersions against theological and moral orthodoxy.
The current problem we have with the lack of homes available for tenants on benefits is simply the visible expression of prevailing cultural beliefs about renting as a whole.
