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Serious Safety Tips for
Women
I'm not a paranoid traveler, but I do travel by
myself often, and I take a lot of precautions. To travel without fear, we
need to be savvy. I learned these tips from a woman who recently took a self-defense
class. The instructor who taught her class interviewed a group of rapists in
prison and learned what they look for when scoping out a woman. Here are
some interesting facts:
The #1 thing men look for in a potential victim is
hairstyle. They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun,
braid or other hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely to
go after a woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not common
targets.
They also look for women on their cell phone,
searching through their purse or doing other activities while walking
because they are off guard and can be easily overpowered.
The time of day men are most likely to attack and
rape a woman is in the early morning, between 5 and 8:30 a.m.
The number one place women are abducted from/attacked
at is grocery store parking lots. Number two is office parking lots/garages
and number three is public restrooms. These men are looking to grab a woman
and quickly move her to a second, secluded location where they don't have to
worry about getting caught.
Only 2% of the rapists interviewed said they
carried weapons because rape carries a 3-5 year sentence but rape with a
weapon is 15-20 years.
Therefore, if you put up any kind of a fight at all,
they get discouraged because it only takes a minute or two for them to
realize that going after you isn't worth it because it will be time-consuming.
These men said they will not pick on women who have umbrellas, or other
similar objects in their hands that can be used from a distance. Keys are
not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the attacker to use
them as a weapon. So, the idea is to convince these guys you're not worth it.
Several defense mechanisms
If someone is following you on the street or in a
garage or with you in an elevator or stairwell and if you feel they are
suspicious, look them in the face and ask them a question, like what time is
it, or make general small talk: "I can't believe it is so cold out here,
we're in for a bad winter." Now you've seen their face and could identify
them in a lineup, so you lose appeal as a target.
If someone is coming toward you, hold out your
hands in front of you and yell "Stop" or "Stay back!" Most of the rapists
said they'd leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she would not
be afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target. If you
carry pepper spray (the instructor was a huge advocate of it and carries it
with him wherever he goes,) yelling "I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY" and holding it out
will be a deterrent.
If someone grabs you, you can't beat them with
strength but you can by outsmarting them. If they grab your wrist, pull your
wrist back so your hand is in waving position (palm facing forward) and
twist it toward yourself and pull your arm away. It is hard to hold onto
wrist bones that are moving in that way. They stumble toward you and you
stumble back, so you can use that momentum to backhand them with your
knuckles in the forehead, nose or teeth. If you are grabbed around the waist
from behind, pinch the attacker either under the arm between the elbow and
armpit or in the upper inner thigh HARD. Try pinching yourself in those
places as hard as you can stand it; it hurts.
After the initial hit, always go for the groin. It
is extremely painful if you slap a guy's testicles (do not be afraid, your
life may be at stake!). You might think that you'll make the potential
rapist really mad and make him want to hurt you more, but the rapists who
were interviewed reported that they want a woman who will not cause a lot of
trouble. Start causing trouble, and he'll take off.
If he puts his hands up to grab you, grab his
first two fingers and bend them back as far as possible with as much
pressure pushing down on them as possible. I saw the instructor do this to
another man, without using much pressure, and he ended up on his knees and
both knuckles cracked audibly. It works!
Of course the advice we always hear still applies.
Always be aware of your surroundings, take someone with you if you can and
if you see any odd behavior, don't dismiss it, go with your instincts. You
may feel a little silly at the time, but you'd feel much worse if the guy
really was trouble.
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