Patients were often belittled, demeaned, insulted, or humiliated. When women step out line [sic], they are demeaned and degraded into silence. Wang protested the inadequacy of historical religions, protesting that they neglected or demeaned women. Some Davidson residents felt it was an "insulting depiction" of Jesus that "demeaned" the neighborhood. Boyer hated being reduced in that way, believing that it demeaned him as an actor. Raghavan, alias Raghu (Raghuvaran) has been ignored and demeaned all his life. These extreme conditions both demeaned and empowered women. She was known for refusing to play roles that she believed demeaned African Americans. His secretary decided her employer had demeaned himself in it and refused to send it. He was usually the most profound thinker in the room but he never demeaned others. Ram, being continuously demeaned at home, tries various jobs, failing in each. Richter was initially shy about the song, thinking it demeaned science. Sharif El Gariani was demeaned in the film Lion of the Desert. Many building codes have been demeaned to international standards.