L16 Flashcards
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is directly related to choice.
Power
examples of different types of power and powerful people are the following:
Social
Economic
Political
Physical
Gender-based
Age-related
might be physical, emotional or economic in nature. It may also involve coercion or pressure. It also includes intimidation, threats, persecution or other forms of psychological or social pressure.
Force
consists of the use of physical force or other means of coercion such as threat,
inducement or promise of a benefit to obtain something from a weaker or more vulnerable
person.
Violence
means saying “yes” agreeing to something. Informed consent means making
an informal choice freely and voluntarily by persons in an equal power relationship.
Consent
refers to repeated acts of violence in a relationship. It starts with minor incidents and moves on to more serious levels of violence.
The Cycle of Violence