Sentence examples for perpetuating silence from inspiring English sources

It is unacceptable in a free society, in any society free or otherwise, in anything that remotely resembles "civilization," however uncivil, that a reporter should be savagely sacrified in the name of perpetuating silence, or a culture of blindness, one that thrives in secrecy and denial.

Washing reusable pads means women are also not having to dispose of blood-soaked sanitary pads, "which pollute the environment as the waste disposal chain chooses to ignore them, perpetuating the silence and stigma all the way down the chain".

Dickinson says: "Perpetuating a silence about the Arab avant garde (however ignorant or innocent) has collectively connived to diminish its potency, clearing space, in this supposed vacuum of articulation, for narratives that drown out what the Arab world has to say about these injustices".

But pundits are unapologetic about perpetuating the silence surrounding DRC.

Challenge yourself to think about how each of us perpetuates silence, and how by ignoring the bigger picture, we are letting sexual violence continue happening.

The parodic treatment of media activist groups in "Kimmy Goes to a Play!" isn't just a hackneyed joke -- it's a tool in perpetuating the silencing of marginalized voices.

But what would have been her other option -- to keep quiet about it and perpetuate the silence?

"The silence around it perpetuates the silencing that occurred in that immediate moment," said Morán González.

During the mid-1970's, the obelisk here that is Argentina's equivalent of the Washington Monument was draped with a large banner containing the Orwellian phrase "Silence is health," and even today there are those who talk approvingly of a campaign to perpetuate that silence.

Stories abound about Mr. Gilberto's eccentricity, which he tends to perpetuate through silence.

"There was a big fear involved in this, so the community itself perpetuated the silence".