So, in the news lately, to put it mildly, there's been a lot of talk about rape and coercion and where is the line between the two. Also talk about when women just give in so the persuasion ("persuasion") stops. This morning I had a real life example that had nothing to do with sex, and made me see how pervasive persuasion can be. My husband works from home. I could write ten blogs about this, and I may, but that's not the point today. Today the point is this: we are in the very slow process of renovating our house (very slow, again, another blog) and not all things are in the places they will end up. Also, my father built a lot, really a lot, of furniture in his life, and really a lot of it ended up at my house. (He did as well, but again--another blog for another day). So, in my dining room is what is in fact a TV stand, from the days of not flat-screen TVs. It's very nice, black walnut, with a space for a VCR, and storage underneath. It has fetched ...