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against imposing one’s will on someone else

attitude: some people can think like this (see more)

Many people in Australia think like this:

When someone doesn’t want to do something, other people can’t say something like this to this person “I want you to do it. Because of this, you have to do it.”

Note

This entry has some different rules in some contexts, such as with parents and children. Parents are able to impose their will on children, but the acceptability of this lessens as the child grows older.

"I don't care if you don't like the beach. We're all going and we're all going to be swimming."

"I want you to mow the lawn before we go out for dinner."

not being forced to do something not forcing someone to do something put pressure on not forcing others to do things for you being polite

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