Word: coercionã
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...care. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening, and almost everyone else I’ve spoken to agrees. Sure, it wasn’t a giant kegger, and sure, the line was too long for me to ride bumper cars. But whether it was “matriarchal coercion?? or genuine interest, awkward and nerdy Harvard students came together in numbers that we only see once or twice a year to hang out with their friends, and, God forbid, enjoy themselves. Call it state school envy, or call it a giant family reunion. I call it a great Friday...
...Because rape is a crime virtually always committed by men using their physical strength, when women seek to tempt men into unwanted sexual acts, they have to use means other than the physical: they resort to a seduction that becomes an indirect, non-violent, and non-criminal means of coercion??a stealth counterpart, but not equivalent, of rape...
...Because rape is a crime virtually always committed by men using their physical strength, when women seek to tempt men into unwanted sexual acts, they have to use means other than the physical: they resort to a seduction that becomes an indirect, non-violent, and non-criminal means of coercion??a stealth counterpart, but not equivalent, of rape...
...coercion.” They contend that the distinction between a coercive and a non-coercive action is ambiguous and ultimately meaningless. While it is encouraging to see that they haven’t forgotten the issue altogether, their arguments in defense of “coercion?? as the most effective tool in the worker’s arsenal reveal that their understanding of the question is woefully inadequate...
...million dollars for his wallet, I am making my desired outcome (I get his wallet, he gets a million dollars) preferable to the alternative (neither of us gets anything). One of these situations is clearly wrong, the other is clearly acceptable, but both count as “coercion?? under the inducement definition of the term. Some other definition must be at the root of our assessment...