Editing Intimidation (section)

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{{Short description|Intentional behaviour meant to cause a person humiliation, embarrassment, and discomfort}}
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[[File:HHH stares down Punk.jpg|thumb|Acted intimidation in professional wrestling as shown by [[Triple H]] staring down [[CM Punk]] during the [[Royal Rumble (2009)|2009 Royal Rumble]] match]]
'''Intimidation''' is a behaviour and [[legal wrong]] which usually involves deterring or coercing an individual by threat of violence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=intimidation |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/intimidation |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of INTIMIDATE |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intimidate |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref> It is in various [[jurisdiction]]s a [[crime]] and a [[civil wrong]] ([[tort]]). Intimidation is similar to [[menacing]], [[coercion]], terrorizing<ref name="maine-terror" /> and [[assault]] in the traditional sense.<ref name="assault" group="note" />

This includes intentional behaviors of forcing another person to experience general discomfort such as humiliation, embarrassment, inferiority, limited freedom, etc and the victim might be targeted based on multiple factors like gender, race, class, skin color, competency, knowledge, wealth, temperament, etc. Intimidation is done for making the other person submissive<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fein |first=Melvyn L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qp1WZdvZXMMC |title=The Limits of Idealism: When Good Intentions Go Bad |date=1999|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-306-46211-5 |pages=100+ |language=en}}</ref> (also known as '''cowing'''), to destabilize/undermine the other, to force compliance, to hide one's insecurities, to socially valorize oneself, etc. There are active and passive coping mechanisms against intimidation that include, but are not limited to, not letting the intimidator invade your personal dignity and space, addressing their behavior directly, understanding those behaviors as methods to bypass ethical norms and exploit fear as a means of securing compliance or dominance, or sometimes as final straws the person has to achieve their antisocial goals, avoiding the person, being cautious around them, honing breakaway skills, documenting, etc. Victims of intimidation would reasonably develop apprehension, experience [[fear]] of [[injury]] or [[harm]], etc from the unwanted behaviors or tools of intimidation that include, and not limited to, condescending, rudeness, sarcasm, disrespecting, patronizing, degrading, disparaging, etc. However, it is not legally necessary to prove that the behavior caused the victim to experience [[wikt:terror|terror]] or panic.<ref>{{cite book |title=Black's law dictionary |date=2009 |publisher=West |location=St. Paul, MN |isbn=9780314199508 |page=737 |edition=9th}}</ref>

Intimidation as a political process is done through national level threats to compel or deter another country to operate in ways the intimidating country wants it to be, an example of political intimidation is putting an [[Economic sanctions|embargo]] on items that the target country depends through import for forcing their compliance.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spykman |first=Nicholas J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DSIuDwAAQBAJ&dq=intimidation+politics+embargo&pg=PT337 |title=America's Strategy in World Politics: The United States and the Balance of Power |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-53208-2 |language=en |quote=It is not only possible to break the will of a nation by depriving it of essential imports; it is also possible to force a state to surrender...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wegren |first=Stephen K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riRyDwAAQBAJ&dq=intimidation+politics+embargo&pg=PA285 |title=Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain |date=2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-1427-8 |page=285 |language=en}}</ref> Certain second and third world countries use terrorism as an intimidation tactic. "A terroristic threat is a crime generally involving a threat to commit violence communicated with the intent to terrorize other."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://definitions.uslegal.com/t/terroristic-threat/|title=Terroristic Threat Law and Legal Definition| website=uslegal.com| publisher=USLegal}}</ref> Personal intimidation is considered to be a management strategy to signal/inform potential rivals that they may face significant consequences if they act against the person in charge/management or to get workers in line.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bolino |first1=Mark C. |last2=Turnley |first2=William H. |date=2003 |title=Counternormative impression management, likeability, and performance ratings: the use of intimidation in an organizational setting |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/job.185 |journal=Journal of Organizational Behavior |language=en |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=237–250 |doi=10.1002/job.185 |issn=0894-3796|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Certain forms of intimidation like sexual and racial ones are considered as criminal offense in several civilized countries.