2003, Richard M. Billow, Relational Group Psychotherapy: From Basic Assumptions to Passion, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (ISBN 9781843107385), page 107People feel entitled to their entitlement, and frequently feel defensive when it is challenged. As a mechanism of defense, entitlement may be protectively maintained, denied, or disowned, and also projected to make the leader feel entitled.
2008, Gordon Patzer, Looks: Why They Matter More Than You Ever Imagined, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn (ISBN 9780814409695), page 40Thus, some men feel entitled to sex if they buy their date a nice meal or a few drinks. In decades past, more than a few women felt entitled to a marriage commitment after an exclusive dating relationship had lasted for some commonly agreed upon period of time—say, a year.
2011, Steve White, Please Change Your Mind, iUniverse (ISBN 9781462066926), page 23And when you feel entitled, you don't ask for help, you demand it. What will happen when these people's entitlements are taken away? They'll be outraged. They'll feel like they've lost a God-given right. So, what are they likely to do?
2012, John Mauk, John Metz, The Composition of Everyday Life, Concise Edition, Cengage Learning (ISBN 9781133713524), page 267It's not merely that students shouldn't feel entitled to high grades. Bruno goes further and discovers the double jeopardy of entitlement: Those who feel entitled are “missing out†on their own educations: ...
2014, Emmy Laybourne, Monument 14: Savage Drift, Macmillan (ISBN 9781250062079), page 16“Jake always acts so entitled. Like he deserves her—like I don't.†“But she's really into you, right?†Alex asked me. “Astrid?†I nodded.
