double bind

Harris, like other Black women, experiences the double bind of having to navigate racism and sexism.

This government determining standards that contradict what children learn at home places them in a double bind.

In Sondheim’s lyrics, the double bind of attachment is often a source of agitation; in Ebb’s it is often a pummeling.

Even more so than writers, actors face a double bind when it comes to labor disputes.

"So there's that double bind - a lack of people now and the potential lack of finances to pay for them in the future."