Sentences with phrase «avoiding verbal abuse»

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Leigh clearly relishes her character's villainy, almost as much as the film takes pleasure in raking her over the coals, subjecting her to constant verbal abuse, beatings, and much worse (I'll steer clear of specifics to avoid spoiling the film's incredibly demented conclusion).

With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander respondents, 97 per cent said they had experienced racism; 92 per cent had been called racist names or subject to verbal abuse; 85 per cent ignored, treated with suspicion or rudely because of their race, 79 per cent had been excluded or avoided, 67 per cent spat at, had an object thrown at them or hit or threatened to be hit because of their race.»

The survey also found that subtle forms of discrimination, such as being avoided or treated with suspicion are just as harmful to mental health as more overt forms such as verbal abuse.