Sentence examples for powerless to challenge from inspiring English sources

Women are so powerless to challenge this discrimination.

Women are powerless to challenge these norms, even when they are protected by national laws.

Mr. Rove spread his gospel across the country with Mr. Bush's rise to the presidency, and, as he succeeded, Texas suffered for years in the unpleasant role of political afterthought: the national Republicans took us for granted, and the Democrats felt powerless to challenge the status quo.

More than any other medium, film has helped to break down the dominant Western images of Iran as a country of dour, repressed women swathed in black and bearded young men chanting "Death to America!" -- as a nation powerless to challenge a ruling class of men in turbans and cloaks.

Is it ringing endorsements like these that skeptics are powerless to challenge?

Lucy, a 28-year-old lawyer, spoke to VICE about feeling powerless to challenge sexism and racism in the workplace due to her comparatively junior position in the company.

But aside from choosing their own hours they are effectively powerless, unable to challenge the fare structure and employment terms Uber sets.

I continue to wonder whether deterministic Haitians have a tendency to see themselves as too powerless to bother challenging their intertwined individual and national fates.

"If a bloke in the crowd shouts out homophobic abuse to a player, I feel powerless to do anything or say anything to challenge it," said Carol.

It is the best weapon of the powerless where there is no democracy or ways to challenge arbitrary power.

When women went to the streets in Egypt they were directly targeted, not because they were powerless, but because of the message they were bringing to challenge the power structures that were in place.