La resistencia pasiva o pacífica es una forma de lucha política, basada en la doctrina de la no violencia, consistente en diversos tipos de acciones pacíficas hostiles al poder político, tales como la desobediencia civil, manifestaciones y marchas pacíficas, encierros voluntarios, huelgas de hambre etc.
In WWII, when all the men went to fight overseas, all of the women took over and did the manufacturing jobs and even took over playing baseball because there were so few men to do so