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double bind
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a double bind
a situation in which you cannot succeed because whatever you decide to do, there will be bad results. Women find themselves in a double bind. If they stay at home with their kids they're regarded as non-achievers and if they go out to work, people say they're neglecting their family.
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This metaphor can convince us as scholars, generalists and ethnic specialists alike, not to neglect the Spanish-language elements of a Chicano literature that still speaks to us even through such seemingly impossible double binds.
Tender Accents of Sound: Spanish in the Chicano Novel in English by Reutter, Cheli / MELUS
She links the double binds associated with maternal power to those inherent in the gift-giving rituals of Jacobean court patronage, illuminating that recalcitrant text, Timon of Athens.
Shakespearean Tragedy and Gender by Henderson, Diana E. / Renaissance Quarterly
These strategies include circular reasoning, double binds, generalizations, and name-calling, among a host of other rhetorical tricks.
The Bum's Rush: The Selling of Environmental Backlash by Falbo, Maria / The Humanist
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