Self defense from pervos in crowded spaces
Warning: Bad Words Used and Demonstrations of Fighting
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Back in September a tiny woman with a huge heart was on the subway when a guy tried on her a variation of what guys used to try on me. That's when defense goddess Nicola Briggs gave a live demonstration of what to do when the perverted guy tried to rub his exposed penis against her.
Now she's back on Jezebel discussing other means of dealing with perverts. She addresses subways, but these will work on buses, hallways, and crowds. The yelling won't work at rock concerts, but the physical moves will.
I dealt with these guys in New York City parks. Unfortunately for me, they caught me when I was isolated, feeding squirrels and birds, so my yelling didn't do much good, though yell and curse I did. And because it was the 90s when a lot of this happened, I headed straight for the nearest phone. (Catching them would have gone better, I think, if I'd had a cell phone and could have gotten a picture to boot.)
You know something? You have every right to stand or walk along, thinking your thinks, listening your music, without some s**tpoke waving his willie at you. If he's gonna ruin your day, don't you think you should do your best to ruin his?
cross-posted to my fan lj
Back in September a tiny woman with a huge heart was on the subway when a guy tried on her a variation of what guys used to try on me. That's when defense goddess Nicola Briggs gave a live demonstration of what to do when the perverted guy tried to rub his exposed penis against her.
Now she's back on Jezebel discussing other means of dealing with perverts. She addresses subways, but these will work on buses, hallways, and crowds. The yelling won't work at rock concerts, but the physical moves will.
I dealt with these guys in New York City parks. Unfortunately for me, they caught me when I was isolated, feeding squirrels and birds, so my yelling didn't do much good, though yell and curse I did. And because it was the 90s when a lot of this happened, I headed straight for the nearest phone. (Catching them would have gone better, I think, if I'd had a cell phone and could have gotten a picture to boot.)
You know something? You have every right to stand or walk along, thinking your thinks, listening your music, without some s**tpoke waving his willie at you. If he's gonna ruin your day, don't you think you should do your best to ruin his?
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I totally agree with this. I have never had any problems walking around alone but I have always wondered and worried that it would happen to me. I do not know how to defend myself and wish I did.
Even though I am a guy, I also have respect for women and believe they have as much right as anyone to defend themselves, just as they have as much right to be what they want to be in life.
So for those who deal with this... I say make whoever tries it think a very, very long time before they would even consider doing such again... kinda like what, in a star wars reference quote... Negotiation of innappropriate behavior with extreme prejudice...