Jane Margolis, co-author of a book on sexism in computer science, "Unlocking the Clubhouse," argues that Wikipedia is experiencing the same problems of the offline world, where women are less willing to assert their opinions in public.
The DH itself has become less able to assert its authority in the running of the NHS as there aren't as many civil servants working there now; NHS England, Monitor and the CQC between them now have over four and a half times as many senior civil servants as the DH.
Thus, many a Westerner is startled when a typical Japanese, meeting you, is less keen to assert herself or tell you what she thinks, though she'll ceremoniously present you with a business card, than to find out what you think and like -- the better to arrange herself around that.
A final possibility is that women who are depressed feel less empowered to assert control over their sexual relationships.
(Patient 6, stage 2 interview) It was apparent that the most assertive patients and families, articulate in English, and those with a good advocate were able to access services more effectively than those who were less able to assert their needs.
Nevertheless, its depiction of the relationship between Sir (Ken Stott, fulfilling every demand of the role) and dresser Norman (Reese Shearsmith, whose thesping wiles are super) is rich with the never-changing give-and-take between the powerful and the less powerful attempting to assert some power in any way they can.
Teachers usually will suggest separating twins in different classes if one twin is dominant over the other to enable the less dominant one to assert him or herself.
An annual ethics refresher course recommended by the Siegal Committee should be instituted to leave less room for staffers to assert they didn't know the paper's ethical guidelines had prohibited something they had done or approved.
ASCENDING to Brazil's high court, much less pushing the institution to assert its independence, long seemed out of reach for Mr. Barbosa, the eldest of eight children raised in Paracatu, an impoverished city in Minas Gerais State, where his father worked as a bricklayer.
Luminaries from the ballet world — including the inspired dancer Peter Boal (now the artistic director of Pacific Northwest Ballet) — enthuse about Sy's dedication and soaring jumps; yet as we watch him power through alienation, exhaustion and the extreme physical demands of a dance form he neither understands nor particularly likes, another, less sunny story begins to assert itself.
