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prove oneself as

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prove oneself as something
to demonstrate that one can serve in a certain office or capacity. It's time to promote her. She has proved herself as a teller. I proved myself as an investor by making a lot of money in the stock market.
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In addition, a sense of control in life may also be assisted in that actions (prayer, care-taking, kindness) initiated by the person with the disability, or by family members, are viewed as having the power to resulting in positive consequences including cure and/or reward or are seen as opportunity to prove oneself as a good person.
The need to prove oneself as a man in the compensatory domains of toughness and sexual prowess is clearly wrought with gender role dysfunction strain, including the threat of being beaten up, shot or killed and the heightened risk of being infected with HIV/STI, as well as the sheer anxiety of living in the face of these possibilities on a daily basis.
 
 
 
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