Culture War Stresses Everyone has an opinion! With wide diversity in our society, we often face the many stresses that occur when individuals choose to strongly impose their viewpoints on others. While no topic is "safe" from the different perspectives of those around us, some areas of our life seem to attract conflict more easily than others. Some views tend to attract the belief that other people would be so much wiser and happier if they were to change to fit another perspective, usually the one we have chosen for ourselves.