Sentences with phrase «victimhood for»

> Victim playing (also known as playing the victim or self - victimization) is the fabrication of victimhood for a variety of reasons such as to justify abuse of others, to manipulate others, a coping strategy or attention seeking.

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

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-...]

Former Tuvalu Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga, demonstrates of how far some people are willing to go to prostitute their victimhood for financial gain, likening the threat of climate change «of no difference to a slow and insidious form of terrorism against us.»

Not exact matches

Only for Schuback, victimhood was not a viable career option.

I just know the character of human beings in general and logic dictates we have a world of drama queens ready to have the spotlight on them for their victimhood.

Victimhood makes it more and more difficult for us to resolve political and social conflicts.

There is often a great deal of talk about opposing a sense of victimhood and entitlement — which most people in my neighborhood would probably agree with — but we must recognize that people are still being victimized by police brutality and other forms of trauma; they are entitled to both the basic necessities of life as well as opportunities to provide those and more for themselves.

As love becomes merely a passion, as safety becomes merely a term for never being contradicted, as victimhood and oppression are turned into subjective categories rooted in emotional psychology, the very language by which we understand virtues, well - being, and concern becomes not a tool for care but a barrier preventing us from caring.

For him the psychology of sin and its attendant need to claim victimhood («I'm depraved on account I'm deprived!»)

Especially in the latter case but also in the former, however, it's not typical for whole neighborhoods to be targeted in fraudulent cases, as that is (a) a lot riskier than doing something to your own property both in terms of getting caught in the first place as well as the penalties you will incur, (b) makes you at most part of something apparently bigger and denies the fraudster of the unique victimhood they seek and (c) in the case of insurance fraud, involves damaging things you can't collect on.

If there is a certain skittishness when it comes to talking about them much, I suspect it is in large part because both have been exploited for ideological purposes: slavery to underscore black victimhood and to mandate compensatory attitudes and policies; the Holocaust as a convenient stick with which the ACLU and its like beat their «Fascist,» i.e., conservative, critics.

By gazing at the heavenly Jesus as victim, i.e., Jesus in the Eucharist, believers are able to profit from Jesus» experiencing death for each of them, thus enabling them to appreciate Jesus» earthly victimhood, which resulted in his heavenly victimhood in the Eucharist.

Tana December 7, 2011 5:29 pm ------ Tana, I can't speak for Sam, but for me and my experiences, that is before I became a Christian at 33, then later became a pastor at 50, and now a pastor for 14 years, I have seen and see now untold numbers of people who hang on to the victimhood with a tight grip.

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.

As it has been absorbed by liberalism, this victimhood argument is meant to put some steel in the liberals» appeal to compassion as a rationale for paying for the welfare state.

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

She speaks about the complex emotions around victimhood, the role of plus - size models, and her advice for Logan Paul.

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.

Mildred's relations with her late daughter had been fraught; she has reason to blame herself for the girl's fate and wears victimhood like a breastplate and a martyr's shroud.

One of the reasons her crazy - lady act (she claims, for starters, that sonic waves were fed into her cell on Death Row to immobilize her thought processes) fails to convince is because Broomfield verifies, through an ethically debatable bait - and - switch, that Wuornos reverted to total victimhood in the absence of a recording device.

British writer - director Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) uses Mildred's victimhood to absolve her for every coarse invective and aggressive urge, however felonious or extreme.

The two men have so much in common, including a need for self - aggrandizement, victimhood and worshipful applause from their respective political bases

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.

This dominant narrative surrounding the inevitability of female objectification and victimhood is so powerful that it not only defines our concepts of reality but it even sets the parameters for how we think about entirely fictional worlds, even those taking place in the realms of fantasy and science fiction.

The Life and Legacy of Ana Mendieta «To turn a dead woman into a martyr is to turn her story into your own» says Rosanna Mclaughlin on what it means to coopt the life of an artist for a social cause, the fetishisation of female victimhood and the artworld's complicity in presenting the «ideal woman artist as dead or close to dying».

I have lived in Cordova Alaska with the aftermath of Exxon's Mess in Prince William Sound, for 19 yrs, not the least of which was the travesty of constant victimhood imposed by our «justice» system.

What's funny is that while tribe members on both sides blame the «mainstream media» for their victimhood, no one actually has validated evidence to quantify the influence of the media:

The basic problem, as I see it, is that people (in general) are too busy finger - pointing to take note of the ubiquity of biasing influences, and too busy claiming victimhood (and bad faith) to do what is necessary to control for their own biases.

These numbers are vitally important, because they provide a direct evidence - based link between culpability — those responsible for the emissions driving climate change — and victimhood, those who are suffering the consequences, including losing their lives -LSB-...] The legal implications are analogous to those faced by the tobacco industry once evidence solidified about the links between smoking and cancer.

Behrman and Zimmerman translate wisdom from many traditions — psychotherapy, brain science, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindful awareness, and much more into very practical tools and techniques for moving from victimhood toward competency and equanimity.

Woolf & Maisto [48] explored how inequality within relationships affects the low - power partner's ability to initiate contraceptive use, which may be indicative of potential for victimhood (see § § 5c, 6b, i, p).