Sentence examples for dominant constructions from inspiring English sources

Or the oppressed may engage in strategic "refusals to understand" when such understanding would conform to dominant constructions of their experience that undermine their agency (Polhaus 2011).

To use a more contemporary, but baser and less capacious vocabulary, each became a kind of brand, a model meant to perpetuate the dominant constructions of a culture as seen through the lens of the NASA and government officials who selected them to represent a prescribed American ideology.

Prevention of MPR, like SPR, in South Africa need to have at their heart interventions to change dominant constructions of masculinity and associated cultural practices, whilst acknowledging the importance of strengthening the criminal justice system so that more acts of rape are formally punished.

The notion of benefit to men is visible, for example, in various overviews or background documents on men and violence prevention, typically in terms of whether men are constrained by dominant constructions of masculinity or the 'costs of patriarchy' (Ferguson et al. 2005; Kaufman 2003; Lang 2003; Minerson et al. 2011).

Secondly, it could be argued that the men in our sample were particularly unusual, given that depression is a condition commonly associated with women [ 50] and that culturally dominant constructions of masculinity emphasise emotional control and the denial of vulnerability [ 3, 51].

Steel has been the dominant construction material in passenger and commercial vehicles for decades.

Cement paste is the basic but most complex component in cement composites, which are the dominant construction material in the world.

These characteristics were educational level of the households, distance of main house to River Nyando, income level, marital status, occupation, household composition, social network type and dominant construction material of wall of main dwelling unit.

The socio- economic characteristics that were assessed were marital status of the households, educational level, distance of main house to River Nyando, income level, occupation, household composition, dominant construction material of wall of main dwelling unit and social network type.

The study confirmed that high level of uptake of precautionary measures was not dependent on educational level of the household or the dominant construction material of wall of main house but was significantly dependent on distance, household composition, income, occupation of the household and social network type one belonged to.

In situations where a girl's material circumstances, as well as those of her family, are tied to her marriage prospects, the implications of challenging the dominant construction of her femininity are impossible to ignore.