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And as a kid, when I would try to explain this, this disconnect between their roles and my values, they often laughed in the way that adults do at the absurdities of children.
It's so easy to forget the roles that society places on us are so much more than mere titles.
Rustin was passed over for several influential roles in the 1960s and 70s, but he never stopped his activism.
And birds help us so much, and they play very crucial roles in our ecosystems each day.
I'm not his doctor, I'm not his mother, I'm certainly not his God, and maybe the best way to help him and me is to resume our roles as father and daughter.
Or actor AB, who knows that the roles he takes and gets in Hollywood are different because of his skin color.
And I think about, you know, their roles and about how you have to, like, watch what your daughters look at.
These were the kinds of roles that existed for someone like me.
These roles were stereotypes and couldn't have been further from my own reality or from the roles I dreamt of playing.
Level one, our objective is simple: reverse the roles.
Now, these roles don't represent the kind of man I am in my real life, but that's what I love about acting.
But every time I got one of these roles, I was surprised, because most of the men I play ooze machismo, charisma and power, and when I look in the mirror, that's just not how I see myself.
But it was how Hollywood saw me, and over time, I noticed a parallel between the roles I would play as a man both on-screen and off.
We need balance, and the only way things will change is if we take a real honest look at the scripts that have been passed down to us from generation to generation and the roles that, as men, we choose to take on in our everyday lives.
Chess was used as an allegory for different social classes performing their proper roles, and the pieces were re-interpreted in their new context.
She began her studies as a child, memorizing the countless details necessary to perform her many roles, since the druids’ knowledge is considered too sacred to record in writing.
Now, we had to convince the library that social roles were equally important to media, in order to get them to accept this.
Power moves between us, depending on our roles and status.
We all have our roles to play.
We did this in places where traditional gender roles are a little more pronounced, and the conclusions were exactly the same.
Everyone can take on the roles of changing the attitudes about how we solve hunger.
While Parvati sustained daily life with care and control, Shiva had begun to belittle his wife’s essential work— and insisted on quarreling about their roles in the universe.
Female royalty traditionally served religious roles, and she was educated to read and write in both Sumerian and Akkadian, and make mathematical calculations.
Perhaps because power corrupts, or perhaps because we promote people into managerial roles because they're excellent at their jobs, and we assume that they will pick up the people skills, pick up the management skills along the way.
There are assumptions about gender roles, there are misunderstandings about actually the process of adoption, and there's a kind of slight level of panic about the idea of putting children into "gay lifestyles."
And again, this is a very good question, and this is an important question, but this is one that involves assumptions about gender roles.
Mumbai-based Dhruvi Acharya builds on her love of comic books and street art to comment on the roles and expectations of modern Indian women.
It isn't always quite that simple, but there's a distinction between specialized roles for males and females.
During Sorry Business, family members will take on specific roles and responsibilities, protocols such as limiting the use of photographs, saying the name of the deceased, and holding a smoking ceremony are all a sign of respect and allow for a peaceful transition of the spirit.
That's important, but actually most people in the crowd occupy these other roles.
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