Sentences with phrase «of victimhood»

Macdonald, on the other hand, dances with Alice's multi-faceted sense of victimhood in a way that's sometimes effective.

«So who cares if we are becoming a culture of victimhood?»

In between lie the «conservatives,» who combine private tolerance of homosexuals with public disapproval of homosexuality; and the «liberals,» who speak a language of victimhood and look to the state to enforce private tolerance.

This is part of a victimhood narrative in which, it is said, people are being penalised «for being Christians» (read: for discriminating against gay clients) in various roles such as registrars, relationship counsellors, would - be adopters, and hotel proprietors.

It's called self - victimization that Wikipedia defines as; «the fabrication of victimhood for a variety of reasons such to justify abuse of others, to -LSB-...]

«the fabrication of victimhood for a variety of reasons such to justify abuse of others, to manipulate others, a coping strategy or attention seeking.»

Victimhood: The Curse of Divorce Recovery Tips on overcoming feelings of victimhood associated with divorce.

A sense of victimhood in our communities feeds into caustic environments where lateral violence is perpetuated.

In the September 2011 issue of Artforum, Michèle Faguet wrote, «Mikhailov's unflinching view of an unpicturesque reality is infused with a fatalistic sense of humor that avoids the easy, exploitative tropes of victimhood often associated with documentary photo.»

The study suggests that a Western approach of claiming extremists are seeking world domination is misdirected, and instead should seek to counteract claims of victimhood.

Self - determination, when realised, creates a community - wide agency that stifles the toxicity of victimhood and powerlessness.

Have we created a culture in which the status of victimhood is sufficiently desirable that many young men and women will go to remarkable lengths to establish an online victim identity?

The truth of the child's viewpoint is the strength of this unforgettable Holocaust survivor story told with physical immediacy and no pride of victimhood.

This can quickly turn into a vicious cycle of victimhood and alienation from co-workers, friends, and family.

I understand not breaking the seal for those crimes that are unlikely to be repeated (murder), or those where the type of victimhood is less damaging (theft), but keeping the secrets of those who exploit children make you an accomplice.

The combination of loudmouthed certi.tude, disdain for any other religion, and the continuous undertone of victimhood clinches it...

«In the competitive world of American ethnic communities, there are two paths to success: upward mobility defined according to wealth, education, and political power, and downward mobility measured by degrees of victimhood.»

Too long, I too withheld my earfrom «slanderers» who pouredout tales of victimhood to smearthe servants of the Lord.I trusted in our leaders» sneer: «No sins like that could blight us.»

It's the only way out of victimhood.

• Consequent to the notion of disaster, and fueled by MacIntyre's polemicism, there is a streak of victimhood running through MacIntyre's work, and especially through the attitudes of his adherents — «we poor moderns» and such.

The cult of victimhood anoints some with special public roles.

Emotionally mature Christians undoubtedly hear the lies of victimhood, but they don't listen.

We are all aware of the value of victimhood as away of getting a free ride.

It is farcical to hear anthems of victimhood being spouted by corporate swindlers who despoil shareholders of their pensions, or by indicted politicians who cloak themselves in the imagery of martyrs for the Christian faith.

In its embrace of the politics of victimhood liberalism does a disservice both to the interests of the poor and the preservation of democracy.

Whatever the correct assessment about the severity of these grievances, and the exact role played by the heroic example of the civil rights movement, it must be said that the moral and political advantages of victimhood were too great, and too obvious, for others to refrain indefinitely from laying claim to them.

The situation marks a clash of legal claims and religious beliefs, but also a contest of victimhood.

Similarly, when Tony Kushner expounds in the New York Times Magazine about the co-feeling of victimhood, he becomes a parody of the thing he fondly imagines he has transcended: «People who have suffered oppression can recognize oppression when it appears in very different context....

Neither is it just an obscene parody in which the concern for victims is transformed into a competition of victimhood.

Rape isn't a magical category of victimhood that is especially more traumatizing than having your wallet stolen.

But the Christian conservatives have used their exceptional access to the House of Lords to get a Lords committee to produce a report that gives credence to their fears of victimhood.

In extreme versions of the victimhood narrative, a «Gaystapo» is persecuting faithful Christians.

Hence the loud suppression of conflicting views and sanctification of victimhood.

I, Tonya, on the other hand, feels like it belongs to the current moment, exploring as it does hidden abuses of power, the links between various forms of toxic masculinity, and the messiness of victimhood.

Impressively, that comic streak continues when a man going by the name of Colquhoun (Robert Carlyle) enters camp half - frozen, spouting tales of cannibalism among his wagon train and gradually revealing darker motives beneath his veneer of victimhood.

We can comprehend this, and we can see how Tonya becomes a victim of circumstance, of others» abuse, and of her own state of victimhood — seeing conspiracies against her, even though they might not exist.

Elle Directed by Paul Verhoeven France / Germany / Belgium, 2016, 131m French with English subtitles U.S. Premiere Paul Verhoeven's first feature in a decade — and his first in French — ranks among his most incendiary, improbable concoctions: a wry, almost - screwball comedy of manners about a woman who responds to a rape by refusing the mantle of victimhood.

Maria's sense of victimhood caused her to lash out and fabricate convenient truths; she could blame Brando for all hardships, from being on welfare and food stamps to losing things.

Drawing on an untouched wealth of original material — school assignments; juvenile diaries; letters from evacuation camps, reformatories and asylums; letters to fathers at the front lines; even accounts of children's games — Nicholas Stargardt breaks stereotypes of victimhood and trauma to give us the gripping individual stories of the generation Hitler made.

Polish artist Aleksandra Waliszewska (born 1976) rebels against traditional representations of victimhood.

The exhibition dealt with the incestuous practice established in certain African tribes but also elaborates on the concept of victimhood and the universality of the issue.

But here it is also important to recall that the abject, abjected and cast out is not solely a position of victimhood.

Instead of correcting or silencing such unfounded opinions and conclusions, Kelley embraced the role of «victim,» and continued to explore implications of victimhood, the subconscious, and ritual throughout his career.

While the effects of victimhood culture are stronger in the social sciences and humanities, the natural and biological sciences, being constituencies of academic institutions, are by no means immune to this culture.