Activists have described the tactics as belittling and demeaning. It often had a distinctly sexual or sexually demeaning connotation. What he said is demeaning and bigoted. Schlessinger said her father was "petty, insensitive, mean, thoughtless, demeaning, and downright unloving". According to Clooney, Russell was demeaning the crew verbally and physically. Liberal activists reject guardianship as demeaning to women. Bachus said he felt the comments were demeaning to the military and treasonous. Some critics described the show as "mindless" and "demeaning to traders and audiences alike". These viewers questioned the film's appropriateness and some considered it demeaning to women. "Creep" is a very demeaning word. We just found that kind of demeaning. Soo also refused to perform in roles that were demeaning to Asian Americans. Lakshmi threatened legal action against the makers of that show for demeaning her show. She has turned down roles which she viewed as demeaning to her image. The press release said that the passages showed a "continued pattern of demeaning women".