The phrase "acknowledge vulnerability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to discuss any kind of vulnerability (emotional, physical, financial, etc.) that someone or something is experiencing or has experienced. For example: "The speaker acknowledged his vulnerability, which made many in the audience tear up."
The concept of successful ageing focuses on overcoming problems, in contrast to the concept of resilience, which can acknowledge vulnerability.
Hence, the 'masculine protest' may rather be a protection from a professional culture in which it is hard to acknowledge vulnerability and uncertainty as a physician.
The first is that of managing unrealistic expectations in order to support doctors to maintain high standards of functioning and to acknowledge vulnerability and fallibility to selves and others in appropriate ways.
They're often profoundly uncomfortable with acknowledging vulnerability.
There wasn't much countercultural chic in unalloyed tragedy, and acknowledging violence and discrimination was acknowledging vulnerability, both personal and subcultural, and vulnerability was at odds with the wry detachment that was second nature, but that also felt like the only way of being strong.
Such uses were almost always discussed humorously, suggesting perhaps the difficult tension between acknowledging vulnerability and need, and defending a valued, competent self-image: I can do dopey old dear or I can do strong old lady, which one do you want?
In recent weeks, Mr. Kelly's opponents — particularly the campaign of Kamala Harris, San Francisco's district attorney — have questioned whether Mr. Kelly has implicitly acknowledged vulnerabilities by distancing himself from his role in Facebook's major privacy decisions, a contention the Kelly campaign denies.
Democrats acknowledge their vulnerability.
Even its supporters acknowledge its vulnerability now.
To do otherwise would be to acknowledge his vulnerability.
Sometimes, it takes a little nudging for buildings to acknowledge their vulnerability.
