After some debate, timid, unassertive Dorothy Stanbury is sent. Elizabeth Cronin is an unassertive and repressed woman, dominated by her controlling mother Polly. This is because unassertive people confuse assertion with aggression, anger, oppositional behavior, etc. He is shy and unassertive, and struggles with standing up for himself, especially to Vriska. Hedquist and Weinhold investigated two group counseling strategies with socially anxious and unassertive college students. In contrast, Quentin is kind and unassertive, but unpopular among his peers. Unassertive bookkeeper Simon Haldane (Horton) is the butt of everyone's jokes at work.