Persuasion and Women
An example of a social environment where persuasion often works on women and creates a detrimental result is intimate partner violence. Partners who are caught up in the cycle of violence are often persuaded by their partners to stay in an unhealthy relationship. The batterers tend to use a technique similar to the “foot in the door” technique where they get the victim to agree on a small offer and then gradually push their luck. This cycle is called the cycle of violence and it is full of coercion and persuasion and happens repetitively for victims of intimate partner violence. A study on coercion and intimate partner violence states, “the consequences of coercive control include the range of mental health (e.g., posttraumatic
An example of a social environment where persuasion often works on women and creates a detrimental result is intimate partner violence. Partners who are caught up in the cycle of violence are often persuaded by their partners to stay in an unhealthy relationship. The batterers tend to use a technique similar to the “foot in the door” technique where they get the victim to agree on a small offer and then gradually push their luck. This cycle is called the cycle of violence and it is full of coercion and persuasion and happens repetitively for victims of intimate partner violence. A study on coercion and intimate partner violence states, “the consequences of coercive control include the range of mental health (e.g., posttraumatic