"societal restrictions" is correct and usable in written English.
You might use it to refer to various rules or limitations that are socially imposed, or commonly accepted in a particular society. For example: "Traditionally, there have been many societal restrictions on women's roles in the workforce."
Seriously, the cultural and societal restrictions of the time did not apply to women alone.
"It was very difficult for her to get used to the societal restrictions on women," Mr. McNamara said.
It's no accident that the rational dress movement of the 1890s found common cause with women embracing the freedom machine as an escape from the stifling societal restrictions placed on women of the time.
Her words have acted as a sort of primer for her performance as Joy Mangano, a woman boxed in by circumstance but refusing to let societal restrictions stop her from aiming upwards.
Do they chafe at societal restrictions or embrace them?
Many Americans assume Russia's societal restrictions make it somehow culturally averse, but Sherry Dobbin, the Director of Times Square Arts, thinks that's a misconception.
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health provides a framework to describe the impact of health conditions on abnormal functioning at three separate levels: anatomical/physiological (impairment); individual (activity limitation); and societal (participation restriction) [ 3].
She said frankly, "we are deeply concerned about the suppression of civil liberties, including societal and government restrictions on freedoms of expression and the press and the freedom of assembly and association... and academic freedom".
Some communities prefer female CHWs yet they may be less able to perform because of societal and gendered restrictions in mobility or communication with male clients.
Impairments such as displacement of vertebral disks or pain in back can cause limitations in individual activities such as dressing, or walking and/or restriction in societal participation such as work or leisure.
His behavior, already constrained by a series of societal norms, now has additional restrictions.
