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, ...

This post is part 2 of a two-part series. I recently spoke with my friend and author, Rhaina Cohen, about platonic life partners. In her book, The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life With ...

Society's boundaries of what is considered acceptable are fluid, influenced by cultural shifts, media portrayals, and evolving values. Behaviors once deemed impolite, unhealthy, or even harmful can ...

A little over 80 years ago, I was born into a society that had rules of conduct and those rules were enforced by the leaders of the community. As a child, I was taught to obey rules and to follow the ...

There is no litter on the streets of Tokyo—and also no litter baskets. That combination tells us much about how this great city maintains its quality of life. Here, public order is preserved not ...

April Lexi Lee and Renee Wong have been best friends since they were 12. After supporting each other through the highs and lows of life, school and boyfriends, they took their relationship to the next ...

If the simple living idea remains largely individualistic, it will not only be irrelevant to most Americans — in the end it will disappear under the influence of the dominant forces in American life.

America has now heard two cases against parents who enabled their son to carry out a mass shooting. Jennifer and James Crumbley purchased a firearm for their son through an illegal straw purchase.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health tech, women's health and female entrepreneurship. So it doesn’t surprise that many of these women and ...