Word: esteemed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many of the people calling for the death of Radcliffe rightly called themselves feminists. Was the lingering presence of Radcliffe beneficial to women undergraduates, or did it merely prevent Harvard from addressing problems of gender inequality sooner? Likewise, although the resurgent single-sex schools provide nurturing environments and self-esteem boosts for students in the short-term, how great is the long-term harm of postponing discussion of the problems that require such schools in the first place...
Teenagers' emotions are often not properly expressed, leading to the violent behavior so commonly visible in today's youth, Shankar said. He further attributed this aggression to a generally low self-esteem and the inability to criticize and endure the criticisms of others...
Williams said low self-esteem often helps drive women to crime, and that the prison environment does not make women feel better about themselves...
...guards tell you] 'Now sit down. Now get up. No, you can't see your children. No, you can't have a pen,' "Williams said. "How are you going to fix your self-esteem when that's all you hear...
...rate for people who get a college education in prison is almost zero, in almost all prisons there is no education available beyond G.E.D. Meaningful job training is rare. The general attitude of women's prisons is one of infantilizing paternalism that works to further undermine women's self-esteem and independence. Instead of empowering women to lead responsible lives, women's prisons reinforce feelings of entrapment and further dependency on the welfare state and men who pass through these women's lives...