I think that is one valid way to characterize it, Carol, and I also think there are many, many other equally valid ways to characterize it.

Seems to me there are at least two perspectives from which to start. One is the recognition that every pov has validity and every person is entitled to their pov. The other perspective is to understand, accept and value of the inherent tensions between and among individuals and social structures, (which encompass all aspects of culture and society, however small or large the social unit, ) that appear to be evolutionarily innate because the over-all effect has proven adaptive, at least until this point, to survival of any particular gene pool.

Balance. Dialectic. Thesis. Antithesis. Synthesis. And the recognition that as soon as synthesis is reached, the seeds of paradox are again germinating and a new thesis and antithesis are inherent to synthesis. Accept the conflict, the dialectic, as inherent. Embrace paradox. Teach children from the earliest age to respect that different perspectives are all inherently valid. Conflict is inevitable. It does not have to be destructive. It can be creative.