Over the past few decades the societal expectations from forests have changed fundamentally.

在过去几十年中，社会对森林的期望已经发生了根本性转变。

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It all ran totally counter to traditional societal expectations about men and women and desire.

这简直就是传统社会对两性期望值的大反转。

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Often, we allow ourselves to get caught up in societal expectations or circumstances and make our worst decisions as a result.

时常，我们允许自己符合社会或周围环境的期望并以作出最坏的决定作为结果。确定我们最优先的事是作出优秀决定的关键所在。

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I guess there are kind of, you know, different cultural norms in different societal expectations

我觉得有好几个，比如不同的文化准则，不同的社会价值观

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If this is true, it has to do with the fact that although stereotypical gender roles for women have changed, with more men staying home to raise the kids as mom brings home the bacon and father cooks it, societal expectations for mothers remain rooted firmly in the traditional.

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