"Victim status" refers to the condition of being seen or treated as a victim, usually in relation to experiencing harm or unfair treatment. It suggests that someone is identified as a victim and receives certain attention or sympathy for their suffering or difficulties.
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It is ironic that the very activists who emerged from this new environment developed the strategy of
claiming victim status through the use of such symbols as the pink triangle.
Within a current culture that
elevates victim status, it is incumbent upon all «caring» individuals to prove they share the pain of not knowing.
This study investigated the predictive relations between externalizing behavior, peer preference and friendship quantity, and bully status and
victim status among children becoming acquainted with one another for the first time.
Peer preference, compared to friendship quantity, appears to have a more consistently protective role in the relation between externalizing behavior and bully status as well
as victim status.
Two arguments have also been sketched to suggest that St Thomas's theology of the Real Presence precludes in principle the attribution of
victim status in the strong senseto the Blessed Sacrament.
There is, hidden in this desperate assertion
of victim status by blacks to an increasingly skeptical white polity, an unfolding tragedy of profound proportion.
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violence victim status.
It's all driven by a cynical play
for victim status and the perquisites that brings these days.
Blacks think we must cling to
victim status because it provides the only secure basis upon which to press for attention from the rest of the polity to the problems of our most disadvantaged fellows.
If the reaction is negative («homophobic»), marginalization is achieved, which brings with it both the
desired victim status and a vindication of one's claim that this is an intrinsically hate - full and oppressive society.
Interestingly, the anniversary of this event is known today as «Gay Pride Day» and features parades and other events most notable for their public felacio acts It is ironic that the very activists who emerged from this new environment developed the strategy of claiming
victim status through the use of such symbols as the pink triangle.
The NCC usage — intending to absolve of America's sins those who
possess victim status — excludes minorities from the definition of «we Americans.»
The «we» in this statement would seem to include everyone who belongs to a group on which the NCC has not
bestowed victim status.
She quotes McIlwain, a researcher, who says: «Our national ideal of who is vulnerable — and who
holds victim status — are those who are white and female.»
Thelma & Louise's crime spree is a symbolic rejection of the
oppressed victim status men have forced women to accept, and, as a result of Davis and Sarandon's commanding performances, is frequently an exhilarating ride.
But in fact, by suppressing the student's natural tendency to make — and to want to make — moral judgments; by relentlessly denigrating the student's core western cultural heritage; and by pandering to the
supposed victim status of some cultures in relation to others, this ideology is a recipe for further alienating a generation already too comfortable with a fashionable distrust of authority.
The 17 - year - old Hogg, a survivor of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., is the new face of the anti-gun movement, having achieved
overnight victim status, reserved, apparently, only for those on the left, which supposedly insulates him from criticism.
Demographics and respiratory characteristics of comparison groups at initial evaluation for designation of air pollution victim status
In univariate logistic regression analysis, frequent bullying - only status predicted antisocial personality, substance abuse, and depressive and anxiety disorders; frequent victimization - only status predicted anxiety disorder, whereas frequent bully -
victim status predicted antisocial personality and anxiety disorder.
[14] In short, to use Valkenburg's term, the Resurrection brought about a mutation in Our Lord's body, and thereby deprived it of
victim status in the strong sense of the term.
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violence victim status.
The identification of early risk factors is crucial to prevention and early intervention efforts that have the potential to attenuate the long term emotional, social, and academic problems associated with
aggressive victim status.
It is important to distinguish here between the socio - economic consequences of the claims that are advanced on the basis of
the victim status of blacks (such as the pressure for racially preferential treatment) and their symbolic, ideological role.
Similarly, when she directs her analysis to the ways in which memory is used to construct identity, she gives a fine demonstration of how the Exodus narrative can be used as a weapon by former victims who use
their victim status to bash others.
Or lives defined by
victim status, as in one of those blacklisted during the 1950s.
Intimate relationships maintain
their victim status so long as psychosocial explanations dominate.
In fact two lines of argument found in St Thomas's writings appear to rule out the notion that the Real Presence could have
victim status in this strong sense of the term.
So the Real Presence can not itself have
victim status in the strong sense, because body and blood are together and not separated in each species of the consecrated sacrament.
So, not only do some people freak out every time it's mentioned, some people even freak out and use it as an example of
their victim status when it is not even mentioned.
When he compared the victims with the control group, however, he found that many more factors differentiated the two groups than
their victim status.
Clarkson gives us a sympathetic, troubled Wendy, despite the fact that this highly intelligent character seems to cling mightily to
her victim status.
Victim status can buy special privileges and gives the green light to brand opposing views or even mild criticisms as tantamount to hate speech.
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victim status, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected factor.
We can choose to collude with
victim status, or collude with «blaming the victim».
And it's probably safe to assume this is a low estimate given there are surely people out there who are uncomfortable reporting on
their victim status.
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Both peer preference and friendship quantity moderated the relation between externalizing behavior and bully status as well as between externalizing behavior and
victim status; whereas high peer preference protected against both bully status and victim status, friendship quantity protected against victim status but exacerbated bully status.
Externalizing behavior (via parent and teacher ratings) was measured before the start of camp; peer preference and friendship quantity (via peer nominations) were measured in the middle of camp, and bully status and
victim status (via peer nominations) were measured at the end of camp.
And: «Not to take this piece too seriously (I don't), but it would be nice if we stopped assigning oppressor and
victim status in broad strokes to vast categories of people, all of whom are actually individuals and have their own stories.»