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. 2022 Apr 25;13:850278. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.850278

TABLE 1.

Examples of ways to achieve sexual coercion.

Types Concrete forms
Language • Lying: “If you satisfy me this time, I will buy you a necklace tomorrow”;
• Criticism/humiliation/belittling: “Bitch, you are nothing but my plaything!”;
• Ordering: “I told you to get down. Do you hear me?”;
• Intimidation/threat: “If you don’t meet my needs, we’ll break up/divorce,” “If you dare say no, I’ll deal with you!”;
• Rationalization: “If you love me, comply with me”;
Emotion • Anger: To force the other party to comply with their sexual needs;
• Apathy: To force the other party to meet their sexual need;
Action • Physical aggression: Hitting, with or without tools;
• Weakening of resistance: Administration of alcohol or drugs;
• Restriction of freedom: Restraining the other person and imprisoning them in a space.