Sentence examples for oppressive problem from inspiring English sources

Surely there were slave owners who had no personal qualms with black people, and who never beat or abused their slaves, and yet slavery could not exist solely on the whims of confederate-style, proto-Klansmen, rednecks, just as patriarchy and misogyny are wholly dependent on the "average nice guy" who is unwilling to admit that he too is part of an oppressive problem.

When we do think about them, it's usually because we are dealing with an oppressive, systemic problem, such as employment discrimination.

We were only there for a few days but the weather was perfect; hot but not oppressive and no problems with humidity.

But his work otherwise repels the eye; rather than being pessimistic about the state of the world, it is, like most pornography, joyless and oppressive, a symptom of the problem.

Another recent political take on The Bard involved an all-women production of "The Taming of the Shrew," one of the playwright's "problem plays," for its arguably oppressive themes.

As the author of the above quote admits, "these problems are linked to the oppressive conditions imposed on women".

We and other journalists wrote about the problems of child labor and oppressive conditions in both China and South Korea.

These problems are linked to the oppressive conditions imposed on women and are significantly aggravated by the constant stress of restrictions on their movement and confinement to burqas.