Example sentences of "about [noun pl] 's [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sexual apartheid has been reinforced in the assumptions about men 's social rights and women 's domesticity . |
| 2 | The Pill was as much about men 's sexual liberation as it ever was about women 's , because it purged their fear of paternity . |
| 3 | All about men 's sexual problems |
| 4 | Not all of these demands are quantifiable and measurable or will rest easily within a neat job description : some will stem from anxieties about children 's academic progress , some will centre upon their social and emotional welfare . |
| 5 | But this whole account depends on the argument about children 's single-sex peer groups , an argument which just pushes the problem back a stage . |
| 6 | It will be apparent that much of this discussion has concerned emotional support given to women rather than men , because there is far more empirical evidence about women 's close relationships , largely leaving invisible the question of where men derive their emotional support . |
| 7 | It adds that the exclusion of certain part-time workers from employment protection rights , pensions and the contributory benefits system only serves to reinforce assumptions about women 's economic dependency . |
| 8 | Lynne Segal 's previous Virago book Is the Future Female ? was a spirited discussion of the nature and function of ‘ femininities ’ , especially in recent decades ; published in 1987 , at the most politically depressing period of Thatcherism when the socialist-feminist vision seemed a distant memory or hopeless pipedream , Segal defended her optimism about women 's astonishing progress since the 1960s , and about the fracturing of gender identities which she saw as irreversible . |
| 9 | Men seemed happier to think their sexual inadequacies were emotional rather than physical ; they 'd rather believe women want affection and tenderness than think about women 's nitty gritty physical needs . |
| 10 | In our discussion groups , we talk about women 's double exploitation and a bit about the political history of El Salvador and the revolutionary organizations . |
| 11 | Initially , as many men have recounted , there was a great deal of prejudice about women 's military capacities : |
| 12 | All about women 's sexual problems |
| 13 | Women 's participation in the movement has developed a great awareness about women 's particular needs , in terms of nurseries , the socialization of domestic work , etc . |