Hyde and Howlett [ 9] note that young working class women often experience greater policing of their sexual practices than young people from middle-class areas do; they also note that young women from working class backgrounds tend to be more sexually unassertive than their middle-class counterparts and more likely to consent to their sexual practices being judged and policed.
Mr. Owens had found the era's blend of narcissism and modesty, and his voice, unassertive but direct, became more a reminiscence than a pose.
Other studies found that socially anxious people are less likely to reciprocate smiles and more likely to act in an unassertive, submissive manner (Hopko, McNeil, Zvolensky, & Eifert, 2001; Rodebaugh, Gianoli, Turkheimer, & Oltmanns, 2010; Russell et al., 2011; Weeks, Heimberg, & Reinhardt, 2011).
Jal is unassertive, his deafness making him seem older than he is, while Coomy more than makes up for her brother's tentativeness, 'playing the scold to his peacemaker'.
A brisk midtempo beat clicks and ticks quietly through the tracks, with unassertive bass lines almost humming to themselves; later the propulsion becomes just slightly more insistent.
This dish requires a simple, unassertive starch.
"There was something unobtrusive, unassertive, about her".
His words are tentative, unassertive, provisional, yet self-assured.
He was in need of some very unassertive ties.
And the cellist, modest, unassertive, resigned, is her equal.
CANADIANS used to think of themselves as being quiet, modest and unassertive.
