"Both the perpetrators and victims come from a generation when rights for gays and lesbians were not accepted, making perpetrators bolder and victims unaware of or afraid to assert their current rights," it said.
"The marketers have brainwashed people to be afraid of their own smell, which is supposed to be something natural, something that as a living creature is a way of asserting I am here," Mr. Fujita said.
Are men in the Senate embarrassed to be parents or afraid to assert themselves on behalf of their children?
The twist is how freely Mr. Hargrove moves within this zone; he's not afraid to assert his own idea of what tradition and sophistication mean.
But Sandberg believes today girls are afraid to assert themselves for fear of being labeled bossy and the social stigma that surrounds it.
Throughout, Poehler values love and respect, but she isn't afraid to assert herself.
Even so, Germany is no longer afraid to assert its own national interests.
Don't be afraid to assert your parental authority.
President Barack Obama, who taught constitutional law, hasn't been afraid to assert executive authority.
