Comment by js2

4 years ago

In the United States, sexual assault includes coercion:

Sexual assault covers a wide range of unwanted behaviors—up to but not including penetration—that are attempted or completed against a victim's will or when a victim cannot consent because of age, disability, or the influence of alcohol or drugs. Sexual assault may involve actual or threatened physical force, use of weapons, coercion, intimidation, or pressure and may include: ...

https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/overview-rape-and-sexual...

Sexual coercion is unwanted sexual activity that happens when you are pressured, tricked, threatened, or forced in a nonphysical way. Coercion can make you think you owe sex to someone. It might be from someone who has power over you, like a teacher, landlord, or a boss. No person is ever required to have sex with someone else.

https://www.womenshealth.gov/relationships-and-safety/other-...

Your second link puts forth some very dubious examples of coercion. In reality, laws vary by state. While some of the examples it lists (such as threatening physical violence) unambiguously invalidate consent, others almost certainly do not (such as ending a relationship if there is no sex). This is a more in-depth review of non-physical coercion: https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/25544/4-...