My own view is it isn't enough just to open up and say we will treat everyone equally, when you are starting from such a position of disadvantage.
Perceived flaws automatically put a family or tribe in a position of disadvantage.
"It is a position of disadvantage for us," Ms. Hahn said.
I didn't realize I was in a position of disadvantage until I was in school.
I didn't realise I was in a position of disadvantage until I was in school.
The first task was the defense of Saudi Arabia, which General Schwarzkopf's command took on from a position of considerable disadvantage.
Although women cannot afford to shirk the conflict necessary to take what they're entitled to – an equal share in the running of their institution – they do so from a position of systemic disadvantage and varying degrees of precariousness.
Many states feared that providing social security or unemployment insurance would put them "in a position of economic disadvantage as compared with neighbours or competitors".
But then Joe Frazier was never beaten; he was, at worst, in a position of temporary disadvantage "Some people think I'm finished but I'm not," he announced.
Vulnerable: a position of relative disadvantage, for example, because of impaired nutrition, cognition, or social position.
