 have multiple implications in regard to coercive mechanisms from implicit curtailments of freedom to ascription of vulnerability . The former would include threats to personal autonomy , instilling fear in regard to a potential loss of freedom , an increase of dependency with mistrust of one 's own capabilities to manage the business of living and , hence , an increase of feelings and attitudes of helplessness . The ascription of vulnerability overrides the principle of equality between the partners , constitutes and invasion of privacy and impacts on the positive rights of individuals . 
