Definition of kneeâjerk. : readily predictable : automatic kneeâjerk reactions; also, disapproving : reacting in a readily predictable way The man was such a bleeding-heart knee-jerk liberal that you could predict the rest of the column after reading the first sentence. â Andrew M. Greeley.
And if the name is as old as Women's Liberation, the problem is at least as old, if not older. Horizontal hostility is a form of power-as-domination between and among women. the most appropriate context for discussing it is in terms of relations of power among women. values, attitudes and behaviours and never behave badly towards other women. important to keep in mind the main enemy, i.e. male domination.
An explanation of the difference between horizontal and vertical equity. Horizontal equity implies that we give the same treatment to people in an identical situation. E.g. if two people earn Â£15,000 they should both pay the same amount of income tax.orizontal equity is an important starting point for any tax system. Horizontal equity can be consistent with also achieving vertical equity. Horizontal equity is the equal treatment of equals and this is a means for achieving a distribution of tax burdens that is vertically equitable.