"The symbolic violence of silencing these members, the strategy of choice of our employer and evidently, our union, not only marginalizes woman-identified individuals, but also works to perpetuate a culture in which gendered violence is quietly accepted".
The Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPEE) is failing to prevent and address sexual violence between members, creating a culture where female members are marginalized and "a culture in which gendered violence is quietly accepted," a group of students and teaching staff at York University says.
Beijing has made no official statements, but some analysts say they think the central government is quietly accepting the need for some change to its low-cost manufacturing model, hoping perhaps that raises will help stimulate domestic consumption and ease a growing income gap between the rich and the poor.
But in a movement begun with the nudge-nudge-wink-wink smiley faces that invaded Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony in 2012, and culminating in this recent surprise gesture from Her Majesty, it appears as though the establishment is quietly accepting, years after the fact, the profound impact of electronic music on the lives of British people.
In any other sector of work this would be unheard of – yet for years in football it has been quietly accepted, with anti-gay language on the pitch an unwelcome guest at many matches.
In 2002, his novel The Yacoubian Building, about the disparate inhabitants of a faded art deco apartment block in downtown Cairo, was quietly accepted by a small, independent publisher in Cairo.
It is an ongoing trend in Canada that has been quietly accepted as the norm in the first responder community.
"It is quite possible that while we're kind of anxious about the end product that seems to come from science fiction, we'll be quietly accepting versions of it," argues Emily Sargent who is preparing the Wellcome Collection's exhibit, Superhuman.
On matters of multiculturalism, race, women's and gay rights and sexuality, First Globals are quietly accepting of behaviors that, prior to the 1960s, were well outside the mainstream.
Until recently, the gangs were a quietly accepted fact of life.
They pin their faith to a series of UN General Assembly resolutions, the first of which, in 1948, resolved "that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so .After half a century of denial, Israel is quietly coming round to accepting some responsibility for the flight of the refugees.
