Sentences with phrase «unequal social power»

To put it bluntly, the notion of consent is arguably meaningless by itself as the arbiter of legitimate sexual and marital relationships because of the potential for manipulation, coercion, and abuse in a situation where there are deep - rooted and unequal social power relations (e.g., the President of the United States [not] having sexual relations with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).

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... Poverty and unequal dimensions of power, property and resources, are the main causes for growing social unrest around the world.

«Unequal power can exist between social classes but also between an employee and boss, a wife and a husband, or two people in a negotiation.»

Even if the children involved (the child hurt, the child harming) seem equal (in social or physical power), if one child is more consistently aggressive, the relationship is unequal.

From the fact that we are yet to be recognised in the Australian Constitution; that governments seldom work in true partnership with us; and that we are the most disadvantaged group on a range of social indicators; it is clear that the power balance remains unequal.

While the negotiation of agreements is commonly touted as the way forward for native title, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Social Justice Commissioner, Dr Bill Jonas, is concerned that given the absence of a lack of effective formal rights for native title claimants and of government commitment to improving those rights, such negotiations often take place from positions of unequal power.