Professor Gill said the fact that such a policy exists speaks to people's tendency to diminish the coercion and abuse that are central to forced marriages.
In the early 21st century, however, it has become apparent that, even as coercive treatment in institutions has diminished, new forms of coercion have developed to enforce treatment in the community.
Autonomy refers to the patient who, unless of diminished mental capacity or under coercion, is capable of self-determination and must be granted its exercise.
A recent Canadian study of adolescent females in difficult social circumstances showed a link between the experience of sexual coercion and a diminished ability to communicate about sexuality and contraception [ 5].
In an abusive relationship with a narcissistic or antisocial personality, the abusive partner can subject the partner to numerous forms of coercion, degradation and control that diminish the victim's sense of self, erode his or her self-esteem and distort the victim's sense of reality.
The preamble in Act Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia (1786), affirms that "the Author of our Religion gave us our 'free will.'" And that He "chose not to propagate it by coercions". This legislation certainly did not diminish religious influence on government for it also provided stiff penalties for conducting business on the Sabbath.
Together with evidence here and across the Caribbean of widespread sexual coercion at first sex, with concominantly diminished condom use, this brings into sharp focus what protective programmes can be devised, besides risk reduction strategies, to help Caribbean girls re-balance the power in relationships particularly during their first sexual encounter [ 4, 5, 49].
If some of us insist that the products we buy not be produced by coerced or maltreated laborers, and the result of the insistence is that some laborers suffer less coercion and maltreatment, whether consumers generally follow our example may not diminish or offset the effects of what some do.
It manifests in avoidance, social distancing, coercion and non-supportiveness, self-stigma leads to reduced or diminished self-esteem.
To stimulate pro-social behavior and diminish behavioral problems, children receive behavioral interventions that are based upon Patterson's theory of coercion with its principles of social learning (Patterson [ 19]).
Coercion is typically thought to carry with it several important implications, including that it diminishes the targeted agent's freedom and responsibility, and that it is a (pro tanto) wrong and/or violation of right.
