I'll use the term culture to imply a climate of activity that a confined population tacitly agrees upon as acceptable and conventional social behaviors.

As an ex., 'the culture says it's ok and normal to physically assault men, but not ok and normal to physically assault women'. That said, this behavior, and others similar to them, becomes commonplace and part of the social growth fabric, or culture.

The unseen powerful may very well establish a multi-faceted framework that influences populations, and whatever the case may be, people will dicker over how those frameworks work out as commonplace (culture).