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Resisting Pressure

Resisting Pressure.

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Resisting Pressure

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  1. Resisting Pressure

  2. You’ve learned some ways to avoid situations that might threaten your choice to be abstinent. However, there may be a time when you find yourself in a situation when someone is pressuring you to have sex. It’s important to think about and practice what you can say to protect your abstinence choice.

  3. Refusal Skills • Clear NO Statement • Use the word NO. • Give a strong nonverbal No message. • Use a firm tone of voice. • Repeat the NO message as much as needed.

  4. Refusal Skills • Alternative Actions • Suggest an action that gets you out of the situation. • Suggest an action that is positive, fun and realistic.

  5. Refusal Skills • Delay Tactics • Say or do something that cools down the situation. • Say or do something that gives you time to think.

  6. There are many “lines” people might use to pressure someone into having sex. You’ll now have an opportunity to practice refusal skills in response to some of these common lines.Turn to “Turning Off the Pressure” on page 23.

  7. Work with a partner to complete the activity sheet.We will share responses.

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