Example sentences of "believe that women " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that women are to be adored for their naturalness , but because this makes them vulnerable and subject to extremes of temperament , they should also be under the control of their husbands . |
| 2 | The world believed that women like Ada Gaily were uncomplaining ; the world was wrong . |
| 3 | Thomas Malthus , first theorist of the dependency society and the true ancestor of present Conservative policies ( rather than Adam Smith , the preferred model ) , believed that women must always come off worst in the ‘ disgraceful ’ condition of poverty . |
| 4 | As it happens , of course , this conclusion conforms to the observations of Freud , who believed that women had less sense of justice than men and are more often influenced in their judgements by feelings of affection or hostility . |
| 5 | Nothing could be further from the truth than Kate Millett 's accusation that Freud believed that women 's destiny was a simple outcome of their biology . |
| 6 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 7 | Very few took the position of Ada Nield Chew , who saw clearly how the position of working wives was complicated by their reproductive function , and who believed that women 's sole responsibility for home and children represented the chief impediment to self-fulfilment . |
| 8 | This view accorded with the idealisation of married love in the work of Ruskin , Coventry Patmore and a range of writers on the domestic duties of wives and mothers , who believed that women 's fundamental task was to create a haven of peace , beauty and emotional security for their husbands and children . |
| 9 | At that time , a man who persuaded himself ‘ in the passion of a moment ’ that No meant Yes , or who believed that women who said ‘ No ’ never meant it , would have escaped liability even where recklessness was part of the mens rea of rape . |
| 10 | He , believing that women always behave in this way , interprets her ‘ no ’ as ‘ yes , ’ her resistance as token resistance . |
| 11 | Lawyers do not believe that women jurors are necessarily more likely than men to believe the evidence of alleged rape victims . |
| 12 | But I do believe that women experience another , relentless denial of their powers , which begins as soon as they can speak , if not before , and makes the act of writing for them primarily an act of rebellion . |
| 13 | Less expectedly , they do n't believe that women are after passion , sensuality or tenderness . |
| 14 | And you ca n't really believe that women only want your brother for his mon — ’ |
| 15 | Do you believe that women feel more empowered or less empowered now than they did last year ? |
| 16 | The room was twice the size of their back-street Holland Park offices but for a couple of hours all comers were invited to believe that Women 's Word was on the same financial footing as its big competitors . |
| 17 | They believe that women are well aware of the power of their sexual attractiveness as well as their power of refusal , but it 's something that they accept cheerfully enough . |
| 18 | Midlands men also believe that women want tenderness rather than dominance , and a man who treats women as equals . |
| 19 | They believe that women are more interested in stamina and ambition , and rate themselves as ambitious but not fun-loving . |
| 20 | Men as a rule are very selfish and still believe that women are born to serve them . |
| 21 | If you believe that women , and not planners , should be the people to decide on the size of families they have , then this is the book for you . |
| 22 | We believe that women have their own needs and are capable of deciding what is best for them . |
| 23 | All visitors were exhorted to treat the poor courteously , but in general it was optimistically believed that women would be able to talk to women irrespective of social class : not until the 1900s were the difficulties of cross-class communication acknowledged more honestly . |
| 24 | It is no coincidence that Rousseau also believed that women were incapable of the development and education required for citizenship and ‘ must be trained to bear the yoke from the first … and to submit themselves to the will of others . ’ |
| 25 | Although there are many male probation officers , Frances believes that women are well suited to probation work as they ‘ tend to have a degree of sensitivity and an ability to listen and to understand what pain means . |
| 26 | She believes that women with property or money are especially attractive to men , and that once that advantage has been surrendered , the husband may simply lose interest . |
| 27 | Whereas Pope sees this as an inevitable consequence of women 's softness , Leapor believes that women can actually improve themselves . |
| 28 | John believes that women of the 90's do n't have time to spend hours fussing with their hair . |
| 29 | Spender ( 1982 ) believes that women 's thinking takes a special subjective form that can not be formalized in men 's language . |
| 30 | With these unrealistic expectations I 'm not sure who stands to lose the most — my daughter believing that you need a man , wealth and preferably a title to be happy , or my son who believes that women are beautiful and passive or wicked and powerful but , either way , he 'd better be handsome . |