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  • We cannot dream of a romance between "unequals", and then expect a marriage of mutual love and respect, of partnership, unity, sexual satisfaction and enduring warmth.

    this hapax legomenon 2008

  • We as socialist respect our fellow brothers and sisters, we do not treat each other as unequals as in the United States.

    Senate approves government funding bill 2009

  • " The King ' s Speech " is a captivating fable of egalitarianism, a battle royal between social unequals that turns the combatants into cherished friends.

    ' Joe Morgenstern 2010

  • Korais's calls for the education of women aimed to make women better servants for men, as fundamental unequals in the new nation-state.

    Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

  • But the real lesson of the anniversary is not a reworking of the Oslo/Camp David framework, but rather the futility of negotiations between unequals.

    Lessons from Camp David 2010

  • The idea here is not to prohibit sexual contact between hierarchical unequals per se but to legally interpret sex that a hierarchical subordinate says was unwanted in the context of the forms of force that animate the hierarchy between the parties.

    Feminist Perspectives on Rape Whisnant, Rebecca 2009

  • Hume also emphasizes relations between unequals, such as in parents 'love for their children, which he believed to be the strongest bond the mind is capable of, and from which he builds his moral theory.

    Feminist Moral Psychology Superson, Anita 2009

  • If we grow and perpetuate a system that promoted inequality of wealth, violence and power, then eventually some of the unequals will crash the system.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Dave 2009

  • If we grow and perpetuate a system that promoted inequality of wealth, violence and power, then eventually some of the unequals will crash the system.

    Pretty Green Lies Boris 2009

  • It also highlights the dangers of negotiations between unequals with Israelis controlling everything and Palestinians at their mercy.

    UN's Assessment of Human Rights Violations in Occupied Palestine 2008

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