The systems of domination, such as racism, exploitation of the poor, hate crimes, brutalizing of women and men of color, and retaliatory violence, all of which are oppressive forces in our society, call for the rise of a new Maui.
There is tendency in academia and in (some) social justice circles to make that which is oppressive distant and abstract.
You're questioning the gender-related norms in the world around you, trying to figure out which ones are oppressive (eg, sexual objectification; domestic violence; workplace discrimination) and which ones are OK (lipstick).
He knows the boundaries, which aren't oppressive, and he's happy to keep within them.
They're nothing like forced marriages, which are abhorrent, oppressive and distinctly un-Islamic.
Neither does he associate virtue with feminist ethics, values not being supposed to be held captive to gender, even though feminist ethics may have a point in contrasting male principles which are hard, oppressive, and impersonal, with the female virtues of warmth and caring.
Clausewitz once wrote that securing an enemy's compliance requires "plac[ing] him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand".
He added: "In order for them to let him go, my son had to sign a document accepting that he was a spy, which was morally oppressive for him but he had no choice if he wanted to gain his freedom.
Sometimes they force me into that female category, which is forcefully oppressive and humiliating".
University of Melbourne evidence law professor Andrew Palmer said that "I think that it was a little bit naive to think that they could interview somebody and gather admissible evidence... when that person was being held in conditions which were possibly oppressive.
There's a communal vibe among guests which is inviting without being oppressive.
