Women's Safety
Overview

Women's Safety - protection from date rape, stalkers, and domestic violence.

Alison was on December 18, 1994, abducted, raped and left for dead by two men just outside Port Elizabeth. She said she was an ordinary person living an ordinary life who had something extraordinary happen to her. "You never expect it to be you or someone you know. It is a stupid way of living, being unaware of crime," she said.
Excerpted from The Dispatch (South Africa) – 17 June 2002

A rape survivor herself, Jane manages a rape crisis center answering hot line calls from new victims of age-old crimes. A typical week includes a young babysitter raped when a man fooled her into letting him in the door. Then a college girl who’d been drugged and gang-raped. Next, a girl whose dream-date became a nightmare date rape. Finally, a woman with three toddlers and trapped in a violent marriage.

I met Jane in 1990 when I began switching from coaching boxing for martial artists to teaching rape and kidnap prevention for women and children as she'd send crime survivors to me for women's personal safety self-defense lessons. All crime survivors should call these experts for help with lingering, subconscious problems - even if the crime happened long ago.

Immersed in domestic violence as a child, and having taught self-defense to countless crime survivors, I noticed that rapists, stalkers, and batterers are basically one and the same: delusional bullies imposing their "self-entitlement" on victims, and each often commits all three offenses at one time or another. (They all rate high on the Psychopath Check List explained in Predatory Mind.)

I also coined simple terms for the two types of stalkers - "romantic fantasy"and "ex-partner" to replace confusing, clunky terms.

Learn Date Rape Escape, Stalker Warning Signs and Escape, and Escaping Domestic Violence

For overall rape prevention strategies – both acquaintance and stranger – see Rape Escape Options - Overview and especially Ultimate Rape Prevention.

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KRAV MAGA, a practical self-defense system used by many police forces worldwide, teaches you to defend yourself, enhances your survival instinct, and can be applied under extreme stress. It's not flashy, just very effective for women's safety. I highly recommend it. The Krav Maga TV - Online Training videos are especially convenient to learn at home when your schedule allows or if you don't live near a training center.

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