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A Deeper Look At Coercion And Its Effects On A Person's Actions

One of the topics that never fail to bring about some response from the listener is feminism and one of the strongest voices in American feminism is unquestionably Marilyn Frye. She was one of the founders of feminist philosophy in the United States and her influence on this subject can't be underestimated. One of the ideas she has weighed in on is the topic of coercion and what it really means to say that someone has been coerced. She challenges some of the traditional beliefs concerning coercion, namely the long held belief that choice and action can't take place without an immediate force being applied and that coercion presents the person being coerced with a single option. Some of her reasoning for this argument is quite reasonable and interesting and it's this supporting material that we'll look at in the preceding paragraphs.
One of the things that she points out is the misconception that intercourse isn't rape unless the act is physically forced and the fact there are......


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