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Variety of Verbal
Rejection
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were a variety of types of verbal rejections (that were ignored) used by female victims and
directed at the male sexual perpetrators who participated in this study.
Simple Negation
One was a simple negation of the request for sexual intercourse.
Examples included:
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“No.” (Interview 18)
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“I don’t want to do this.”
(Interview 3)
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“No; I just don’t want it.” (Interview 4)
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“No way;
I ain’t havin it.” (Interview 14)
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“I’m not interested in that.”
(Interview 11)
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“I can’t do this.” (Interview 6)
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“Stop!” and
“No way!” (Interview 7)
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an emphatic “No! No! No!” (Interview 14)
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“No!
Please stop! No!
Please stop!” (Interview 15)
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“We are not going to do what you
think.” (Interview 16)
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“Well, you don’t gotta do that.” (Interview
14)
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“Well, we ain’t gonna have sex.” (Interview 18)
Negations Indicating Advances Were Premature
There were also verbal indications that the sex offender was
premature in his initiatives. Furthermore,
victims’ remarks gave the males reason to anticipate that the rejection
had a time limit. A few
common phraseologies were:
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“I
don’t want to do it yet.” (Interview 4)
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“No, not yet; just wait.”
(Interview 5)
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“I’m not ready for this
yet.” (Interview 7)
Negations
Regarding Relationship Status
A third expression of
verbal rejection used by female victims dealt with the early stage of the interpersonal dating relationship.
The statements included:
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“I
just met you.” (Interview 4)
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“We don’t know each other.” (Interview
10)
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“Let’s get to know each other.” (Interview 10)
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“Why are
you doing this to me? You
know, I thought we [were] just friends.” (Interview 7)
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