'''Token resistance''' is a term, commonly referred to in gender studies, denoting a rejection of advances, almost always of the sexual kind, with intention of actually engaging in the activity that was initially rejected.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sprecher |first1=Susan |last2=Hatfield |first2=Elaine |last3=Cortese |first3=Anthony |last4=Potapova |first4=Elena |last5=Levitskaya |first5=Anna |date=January 1994 |title=Token resistance to sexual intercourse and consent to unwanted sexual intercourse: College students' dating experiences in three countries |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224499409551739 |journal=Journal of Sex Research |language=en |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=125–132 |doi=10.1080/00224499409551739 |issn=0022-4499|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Scientific validity == One study has refuted the stereotype that most women engage in token resistance to sex, with results indicating that perhaps only a very small fraction of women and men have ever engaged in token resistance based on the definition stated within the study.<ref name="Token Resistance to Sex">{{cite journal|title=Token Resistance to Sex: New Perspectives on an Old Stereotype|journal=Psychology of Women Quarterly|volume=22|issue=3|pages=443–463|date=September 1, 1998|doi=10.1111/j.1471-6402.1998.tb00167.x|last1=Muehlenhard|first1=Charlene L.|last2=Rodgers|first2=Carie S.|s2cid=142648036}}</ref>
The same study asserts that both men and women can engage in token resistance, further challenging popular stereotypes.<ref name= "Token Resistance to Sex"/>
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