> Coercions is compelling someone to behave in an involuntary way. Even if-- and I think this is an absurd hypothetical-- there were absolutely no other possible jobs you could do, there's no coercion here if you're asked for your password and refuse and thus don't get the job.
You have an ATM card. I mug you, and steal the card. All I need now is the PIN. I kidnap you. I ask you to give me the PIN. Are you being coerced?
You refuse to give the PIN. I threaten to hurt you. Are you being coerced now?
You refuse to give the PIN. I punch you, very very hard. You're bleeding. Are you being coerced now?
You hear my accomplice shouting "Just cut his finger off!". You see a tray with a variety of sharp knives.
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At what point are you actually being coerced?
Perhaps it's just the word coercion. I'll agree that it's a poor choice. But do you deny there's a huge imbalance of power? There's a large pool of labour able to do the jobs. There are fewer jobs available. People need to work. It's that imbalance that caused many abuses of labour, some of which still happen. Unskilled women could refuse to work for less pay than men doing the same job, but they don't, because they need the work and they know that someone else is available.
You have an ATM card. I mug you, and steal the card. All I need now is the PIN. I kidnap you. I ask you to give me the PIN. Are you being coerced?
You refuse to give the PIN. I threaten to hurt you. Are you being coerced now?
You refuse to give the PIN. I punch you, very very hard. You're bleeding. Are you being coerced now?
You hear my accomplice shouting "Just cut his finger off!". You see a tray with a variety of sharp knives.
[...]
At what point are you actually being coerced?
Perhaps it's just the word coercion. I'll agree that it's a poor choice. But do you deny there's a huge imbalance of power? There's a large pool of labour able to do the jobs. There are fewer jobs available. People need to work. It's that imbalance that caused many abuses of labour, some of which still happen. Unskilled women could refuse to work for less pay than men doing the same job, but they don't, because they need the work and they know that someone else is available.