double bind

They wish this, and have put us in a double bind.

The Council's action puts the city in a double bind.

Thus is the reporter put in a classic double bind.

A double bind is a Catch-22, a trap in which all possible choices are bad.

We can't subject kids to that kind of double bind.

Many liberal Catholics, myself included, have put him in a rather interesting double bind.

The study also suggests that many working-class families are caught in a double bind.

The flexibility of the academic schedule can itself be a double bind for new parents.

Women who suffer from oppression due to race may find themselves in a double bind.