These assumptions and attitudes are usually a mixture of personal experience, broader cultural and societal attitudes, media and the like.

Accurate statistics are difficult to obtain as often cases are not reported or recorded due to societal attitudes that discourage this.

Societal attitudes continue to be a barrier to interfaith marriage and conversions.

The allocation of resources depends upon governmental policies and the societal attitudes of the individuals who exist within the society.

Members of the fat acceptance movement perceive negative societal attitudes as persistent, and as being based on the presumption that fatness reflects negatively on a person's character.