Norms provide order in society. ... Human beings need norms to guide and direct their behavior, to provide order and predictability in social relationships and to make sense of and understanding of each other's actions. These are some of the reasons why most people, most of the time, conform to social norms.
Augustine's starting point for his account of the relationship between men and women is the story of the creation and Fall found in Genesis 2-3.
In Genesis 2: 18 God says “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” From this Augustine concludes that Eve is made to be Adam's helper. He further deduces that her primary role must be procreation as (in his view) a male companion would be better for every other task. Better for physical labour (stronger) better for conversation (more in common).
'If it were not the case that the woman was created to be man’s helper specifically for the production of children, then why would she have been created as a “helper”? Was it so that she might work the land with him? No . . . a male would have made a better assistant. One can also posit that the reason for her creation as a helper had to do with the companionship she could provide for the man . . . . Yet for company and conversation, how much more agreeable it is for two male friends to dwell together than for a man and a woman! . . .
<span>Watching the Bobo doll being pounded on TV by an adult has the same inference for a child or adult as if it were happening right in from of them because whether it is on a metal box or right in front of us, we are able to discern that the deed is actually happening. We can actually see it happening.</span>
