Could be extortion, in which case it’s also rape. Yes, it can be argued the women had the option of working elsewhere, I suppose; however, if somebody told you that, “You’ll never work in this industry or this state again unless you....”, you would probably consider it extortion. It would be interesting to see the arguments from both sides in that regard.
Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas.
Great point.
If there is persuasion involved, when does that morph into coercion?
If there is coercion involved, when does that morph into rape?
I don’t think we can dismiss the rape stuff this easily.
Or other tiny livestock