A man threatens a girl with telling her parents that she was smoking marijuana if she does not comply with his sexual directions. This is an example of ______.

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This is an example of coercion, which is the act of using threats to force someone to do something they do not want to do. The man is using the threat of telling the girl's parents about her smoking marijuana as leverage to get her to comply with his sexual directions.

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