Multiple romantic relationships while married used to be called adultery. Polyamory was outside the social norms shaping society, but those norms are shifting in the culture wars. When a local ...

I remember the first time I ordered a tonic water when everyone else said yes to the wine. Suddenly, I felt like the odd one out—like I wasn’t normal. Like I was different… or worse, wrong. “Everyone ...

Loneliness is defined as “a distressing feeling that accompanies the perception that one’s social needs are not being met by the quantity or especially the quality of one’s social relationships.” ...

Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, HEC Montréal, and University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that performs a meta-analysis of ...

As our unwritten social constructs change and evolve over time, as a 2024 study suggests, there's certainly expectations and social norms that no longer serve our collective well-being, but rather, ...

Social norms evolve as society moves forward. They reflect changes in values, technology, and culture, and many normal behaviors today were once considered improper or immoral. Every era has its ...