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   %KINDS PERSONAL MANIPULATION OF DUTY GUILT SHAME+950322
     %ASSUMPTION ATTITUDE BELIEF DOCTRINE SCRIPTURE+950322
 %EXPECTATION PERSONAL BEHAVIOR CONFORMITY GOOD SIN 950322

     People  are  manipulated in many different  kinds  of
ways.  We need to learn to recognize coercive manipulation
when it  occurs, regardless of the  form  of  manipulation
which is used:

     1.  Physical manipulation of body parts.

     2.  Overt  verbal threats  of violence in the absence
of conformity.

     3.  Psychological manipulation of a person's sense of
duty, guilt or shame.

     4.  Indoctrinational   manipulation  of  a   person's
assumptions,  attitudes, beliefs,  doctrines,  readings of
scriptures, or expectations.

     5.  Group   conspiracy  to  manipulate   a   person's
perceptions    through   group   behavior   patterns   and
expectations communicated tacitly.

     The different kinds of manipulation have in common:

     1.  The  reduction of the perception of  alternatives
and/or  the freedom of choice between alternatives on  the
part of the person who is manipulated.

     2.  Expectations of conformity of some form.

     3.  Overt or implicit  threats  of  some  form(s)  of
violation  of  to the person's integrity---if there  is  a
lack of conformity.

     4.  Overt   or   implicit   threats   of   judgments,
condemnations, rejections,  excommunications,  banishment,
etc.---if there is a lack of conformity.

     5.  An expectation of a real and/or pretended absence
of competence,  understanding, creativity,  individuality,
openness and/or honesty.

     6.  Limitations being placed upon people's freedom to
openly  and  honestly express their  thoughts,   feelings,
desires, perceptions, beliefs, assumptions, etc.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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