Sentence examples for social coercion from inspiring English sources

The social coercion of women into marriage has troubling economic consequences.

Like all Ikea stores, it is set up to force shoppers through the whole store, instead of letting them head for their department of choice: a bit of gentle social coercion, the strong arm of democratic design.

But delayed marriage doesn't mean delayed sex – and in fact, social coercion into early marriage never actually meant delayed sexual activity or even a stop to pre-marital sex.

Everyone should enjoy the freedom to make their own choices, without the fear of social coercion".

One set of mechanisms might be described as the "shadow of the law," made famous by seminal works by Professors Stewart Macaulay and Marc Galanter, in which social coercion and custom have force because formal legal rights are credible and reasonably defined.

The other problem is the rift that this social coercion puts among families and friends.

It manifests in avoidance, social distancing, coercion and non-supportiveness, self-stigma leads to reduced or diminished self-esteem.

Contrary to Ware et al. (2009) and Binagwaho and Ratnayake's (2009) account of 'social coercion' as the mechanism mediating between social capital and ART adherence, our research suggests that social capital impacted on adherence through norms associated with enablement and empowerment rather than negative socio-emotional pressure.

Beyond Coercion: Social Legitimation and Conservative Modernization in the Stroessner Regime 1954-1989 Lorenaa 1954-1989 Lorena

Patel disagreed with Jawaharlal Nehru on the need to bring about economic and social changes by coercion.

I suggest that American states should experiment with the Swedish model and see if it works better than the existing model in reducing the social problems and coercion that tend to coexist with prostitution in this country and abroad.