One should regard cynically any argument that depends on the stereotype of woman as helpless victim.
The welfare state's expansion into every nook and cranny of too many people's lives has been less about saving people from deprivation and expresses more a condescending middle-class view of people as helpless and hapless unless the state helps them to parent correctly, improve their lifestyles, cut down on smoking or drinking, etc.
It, surprisingly, appreciates what the UN calls the "positive" elements of slum life, shaped by a population characterized not as oppressed and helpless but as resourceful and creative.
C. by lobbying for patent reform, seemed helpless as the patent trolls morphed into powerful hedge funds.
While the media continuously portrays older people as being the helpless victims of neglect, it turns out that they are using platforms like ours to have their say and improve services.
As she lay helpless on the ground in India, being kicked and beaten by a man, Bhalla tells BBC, there was deafening silence from a group of young men standing nearby watching, silence from her neighbors who heard her screams but were reluctant to get involved.
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And we can all watch in helpless frustration as US oil imports increase.
Questions of potty protocol that do not phase you as a parent of a small child can strike deep into your heart as a child of a helpless parent.
That fear and helpless feeling I experienced as a kid is something that has stayed with me.
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But in as much as the American left is now a coalition of groups that define themselves as the victims of social and economic forces, and in as much as its leaders encourage people to feel helpless and aggrieved, he thinks they make America a glummer place.
But even these are helpless in the face of floods as savage as this week's.
The front of the castle is lined with a moat, and the counterattack will be an easy matter if they blow the bridge and your men stand helpless staring at the statue of Walt as they are taken out one by one.
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Dr. Nagata's message underscored that persons with disabilities are usually seen as the objects of pity and misfortune and are often left helpless on their own or with their parents.
"Thirty percent of our clients tend to be men, " explained Behare Sahatqija, my esthetician, as she lowered the headrest so that I was almost prone and virtually helpless.
The striker justified Pardew's decision to recall him as he waltzed past a crumbling defence before coolly slotting the ball past the helpless Coyne.
And health care providers know this, and I'm wondering if you have any comments as to why the general population is not getting this information or feel so helpless.
There are unpromising precedents on this score: in countries such as Rwanda and Bosnia (remember Srebrenica?), timid forces of international peacekeepers have been rendered helpless, or even clobbered, by sides determined to fight on.
He becomes ever harder to believe in, however fervent he is meant to be in defending the helpless Irene, and the suspicion arises that he might be not so much a rounded character as a card in a game of style.
If England thought they could relax and close out victory they were wrong as Shaqiri gave Switzerland hope with a thunderous long-range drive that flew into the top corner past the helpless Joe Hart.
There was more than a hint of fortune about the Royals opening goal as Long's cross from the right struck makeshift Preston right-back Barry Nicholson and looped over the helpless Turner and into the path of Kebe, who bundled the ball home.
Until, that is, Arsenal went wide as Hleb floated over a pin-point cross from the right for Adebayor to power home a header past a helpless Antti Niemi.
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