Some of those complaints include the Government's "suppression of chiefly authority and repressive attitude toward religion."

Fortunately, these repressive attitudes are vanishing fast, and there's no reason why sexual relationships should not flourish after retirement.

The Assyrian law code, notable for its repressive attitude towards women in their society, was compiled during this period.

There is a particular irony in the attempt to arouse a repressive American attitude to the arts at this time.

Their work also continues a tradition of morbidity, sexual display and rebellion that is particularly Viennese and intended to challenge repressive social attitudes.

"We're really making a huge mistake to allow this almost repressive attitude toward civil liberties to not be attached to the administration itself."

The medical students, in entering a traditionally conservative profession, were obliged to subscribe to conventionally repressive attitudes.

"On balance," he said, "any progress China has made by allowing greater openness may have been canceled out by a more repressive attitude."

Ideology Many of the women saw the party as a promising feminist alternative to repressive attitudes towards Chinese women.