Word: condescendingness
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Startling and tremendous women alone save this book. Pearlman and Henderson's touchy-feely treatment of them and their work, their careless use of therapeutic terms like "passive-aggressive," their forced, hollow intimacy with these women--all are hugely regressive and condescending. The authors seem unable to conceive of these...
Henrik Ibsen wrote his three-act play, Ghosts, in response to the critical furor engendered by his unabashedly pro-feminist play, A Doll's House. Instead of depicting a woman who abandons a condescending husband, Ghosts portrays a resolute female protagonist who suffers the after-effects of loveless marriage.
Once he got to Japan, Bush's odyssey degenerated into the trip from hell, as the President was forced to endure politely phrased, but nonetheless pointed, reminders from his hosts about America's shortcomings. During a joint press conference with Miyazawa, Bush sat silently as the Japanese leader ticked off...
THESE WRITERS are noble, but mis-guided. I do think it's a bit condescending of my fellow students at Peninsula to tell me that my desires for women are wrong, and should be stopped through "public policy and community standards," simply because these desires do not fit into their...
Although I do not agree with them, I would like to explain why I believe moral arguments such as my own are not inherently condescending and why I will continue to act as a Guardian of Peninsula, despite my objections to some of the content of its recent issue.