PETTY TYRANTS AND HOW THEY WORK We all know them. We see them everyday. We read about them. We work with them. We might be dating or married to them. Petty tyrants. People who use our good natures and religious or ethical belief systems to coerce us. There are tyrants who get people to strap bombs to themselves and their children in the name of Allah. There are tyrants who get people to shove the word of God down the throat of anyone who stands still long enough. There are tyrant who take your lunch money. There are tyrants who say "if you loved me, you would...." (fill in your kinky sex act or uncomfortable act here). There are tyrants who will tell you "if you do [XYZ] then I will [ABC]." I see them in my advocacy work. The guys who won't take no for an answer, blame their partner for everything, say "she did it too" or "she made me do it." Women who browbeat their husbands so much the guy is a shell of who he was or should be. In my own l...