In the news story which features the video of the woman being attacked in Brooklyn, a person identified as the self-defense expert at the end of the story continues to promulgate the theory that yelling ‘fire’ is more effective than yelling ‘help’. This theory holds that you are more likely to attract people’s attention by [...] Read more »
Sometimes I get questions from people who ask, “what’s the pattern for the typical rape?” or “what type of attack should I be ready for?” You can talk about statistics and patterns, but the real answer is that you can’t count on the false security of “knowing” how the predator is going to attack. Take [...] Read more »
In keeping up its reputation as one of the most dangerous metro areas in the U.S., the District of Columbia has seen the number of sexual assaults skyrocket this year by 50%. Or it could be only 11 %. It depends on whose statistics you use. According to the Washington Examiner, it’s a 50% [...] Read more »
The line between scenarios that are “date rape” vs. “stranger rape” can be difficult to discern. You need to have solutions to both.
To adequately defend yourself, you need to have both the will to resist and the skill to resist.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – A man facing nearly 30 years in prison for raping three women who had advertised in the “erotic services” section of Craigslist apparently committed suicide in his Kansas jail cell. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office says David Lee Gage of Wichita was found dead around 6:10 a.m. Monday at the county [...] Read more »
Thanks to Cindy Coughenour for forwarding this story about a woman attacked in a subway station in full view of a subway clerk and a train conductor. Police were called, but there is no information on when or if they actually responded to the attack. There are a number of lessons that this case [...] Read more »
Article here from the Wall Street Journal questioning whether a perceived rise in crime is a result of a faltering economy. The general take: “By and large, the studies show that lousy job markets — particularly for young or unskilled men — are linked to more thefts. But the connection isn’t so plain with violent [...] Read more »
SFWAR (San Francisco Women Against Rape) is organizing its fourth annual event Walk Against Rape on April 25th, 2009. This event is an effort to raise awareness against sexual assault. Walk Against Rape is a collective stride of all individuals as well as communities, who will come together to walk a distance of 3.1 miles, [...] Read more »
“In a stranger-rape situation, if he allows you to see his face, you get his name, or you can somehow otherwise identify your attacker, and he knows it, it’s all the more important to get away from him, even if he has a knife and you are [...] Read more »