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<blockquote data-quote="Presea" data-source="post: 63809" data-attributes="member: 24"><p>Sexual coercion is still considered a crime in the US, the choice part makes no difference, because a victim would feel like they didn&#039;t have a choice when it came to losing something that is being threatened to be taken away from them, whether it is something like money, or in Katherine&#039;s case, an emotional attachment. It is not considered the same as rape, but women or men are still considered as victims whose rights are being violated. However, since this took place in 1984, things might have been a bit different back then, so I doubt that a court would have seen it that way, especially since there was no real evidence here. But to rephrase my earlier question, would you honestly say that this was okay, say if for example, Pam was the one being blackmailed for sex by JR so that he would not do something to hurt Bobby or Cliff, or do something to take away any of her financial assets? I highly doubt that you would just say: &quot;Oh, well Pam had a choice here, and JR did nothing wrong!&quot; Katherine was crazy, so of course she would go along with whatever JR wanted her to do in order to still be able to talk to Bobby. He was the only thing in her life that had any value to her at that point in her life. Doing that to a person with mental health problems is seriously wrong, and even if she wasn&#039;t crazy, it is still wrong. A crime is a crime, no matter how much you like or dislike a victim. Justice is blind.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Presea, post: 63809, member: 24"] Sexual coercion is still considered a crime in the US, the choice part makes no difference, because a victim would feel like they didn't have a choice when it came to losing something that is being threatened to be taken away from them, whether it is something like money, or in Katherine's case, an emotional attachment. It is not considered the same as rape, but women or men are still considered as victims whose rights are being violated. However, since this took place in 1984, things might have been a bit different back then, so I doubt that a court would have seen it that way, especially since there was no real evidence here. But to rephrase my earlier question, would you honestly say that this was okay, say if for example, Pam was the one being blackmailed for sex by JR so that he would not do something to hurt Bobby or Cliff, or do something to take away any of her financial assets? I highly doubt that you would just say: "Oh, well Pam had a choice here, and JR did nothing wrong!" Katherine was crazy, so of course she would go along with whatever JR wanted her to do in order to still be able to talk to Bobby. He was the only thing in her life that had any value to her at that point in her life. Doing that to a person with mental health problems is seriously wrong, and even if she wasn't crazy, it is still wrong. A crime is a crime, no matter how much you like or dislike a victim. Justice is blind. [/QUOTE]

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