Sentence examples for punitive violence from inspiring English sources

The gesture of cutting is ambiguous: it could be an act of liberation or of punitive violence.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, one of our great chroniclers of displacement, appears to value the term "refugee" precisely for the punitive violence it betrays.

Lisbeth can hack any machine, crack any code and, when necessary, mete out righteous punitive violence, but she is also (to an extent fully revealed in subsequent episodes) a lost and abused child.

It can happen to you as a cis woman or a trans woman, this violence, yet as a trans woman who can pass, the specter of punitive violence so often looms larger.

What is disturbing — in addition to an ugly element of punitive sexual violence implicit in the piranhas' choice of victims — is the talent and distinction of much of the cast, whose mere presence seems to signify an element of smart, self-conscious fun that the movie does not really supply.

We want governments in conflict zones to sign punitive sexual violence legislation.

One of the novel's most exasperated reviewers, Daniel Mendelsohn, characterized "A Little Life" as a hallmark of "a culture where victimhood has become a claim to status," hypothesizing that the "unending parade of aesthetically gratuitous scenes of punitive and humiliating violence" must appeal to readers by "confirming their preexisting view of the world as a site of victimization".

Laws encouraging punitive measures for violence against women should be put in place and strictly enforced irrespective of culture or religious background.

In the rest of the country the extreme, indiscriminate and punitive nature of the violence exacted by Gaddafi's forces left ordinary Libyans with little choice but to bear arms.

"Corrections officers are trained to respond with punitive measures or more violence, expecting that individuals will be in control of their behavior.

In both regions these punitive measures have incited a surge in violence, extortion and harassment.