So coerced means the same thing as "convinced" or talked-into -
  but it applies here to those who are not capable of responsibly
  saying "yes" (don't know what they're really agreeing to, or
  they're "feeble-minded" as the old term goes) -- I never fully
  understood "coerced" and what it REALLY means - so any more
  light you can shed on it would be great. "