Table 13

Token Resistance: How did you say "no" to your partner when you meant "yes"?
 
 
Male Female
Number of subjects 24 34
Verbally 45.8 35.3
Nonverbally 20.8 5.9
Both verbally and nonverbally 33.3 58.8
Exactly how did you nonverbally let your partner know you meant "no"?
Did not smile 4.2 20.6
Body stiffened 16.7 26.5
Moved away physically 29.3 35.3
Did not hug or caress 37.5 29.4
Did not kiss 25.0 23.5
Did not intimately touch 37.5 29.4
Started to cry 0.0 2.9
Pushed partner away 16.7 17.6
Hit my partner 0.0 2.9
Other 16.7 5.9
 

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