| Some may say that past actions to address first nations economic needs have been overly maternalistic. |
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| He lives in a maternalistic and patronising establishment, which offers the inmates a certain type of kindness but no independence or choice in their everyday lives. |
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| This reveals a maternalistic agenda in which motherhood is both privileged and characterised as a female imperative. |
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| Also, it reinforced an image of the agency as paternalistic, or in this case maternalistic, at a time when President Bush wants Medicare beneficiaries to take more responsibility for their health insurance options. |
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| The predominance of stereotypical views about women as emotional, maternalistic and nurturing also prevent women taking up senior roles in the accounting profession. |
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