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“Should I try and fight off an attacker? ”; This is
a very good question and I believe it deserves an
answer but a quick one word answer won’t do. I promise
I won’t bore you with a ton of statistics but a few are
going to be necessary.
According to the Dept. of Justice, in
the year 2003 there were roughly 174,570 rape/sexual
assault cases where victims took self protective
measures. Out of 174,570 cases where the victim used
protective measures:
• 54.2% said it helped the situation
• 14.4% said hurt the situation
• 4.3% said it both helped and hurt the situation
• 23.7% said it neither helped nor hurt the situation
• 3.3% didn’t know either way
U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Justice
Programs,
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/sheets/cvus/2003/cv0372.csv
Now to be honest, if I personally was
about to be raped, first I have to say “damn you’re
hard up” and then I would take the 54.2% chance of
getting away unmolested by taking some type of self
protective measure. Don’t laugh a large number of men
are raped each year as well a women and that’s not
even including prison shower lovin :) . Sick little
world we live in for sure.
If you really think about it 23.7% of
the victims said it neither helped nor hurt, so they
must have lacked self defense training and/or a good
self defense weapon or personal alarm. That means that
if they spent just a small portion of their energy on
learning how to defend themselves and practicing what
they learned, the number that said it helped should
have been more like 77.9%.
Now those are damn good odds in my
eyes considering all victims of a completed
rape/sexual assault are considered to be injured
mentally and/or physically.
Don’t be one of the good people out
there walking around today who are nothing but a
statistic waiting to happen. Crime gets worse each year
and there is no better way to stay safer from sexual
assault or crime in general then to be trained and
prepared to defend yourself or those you love.
Always remember to trust your gut
feelings, if a situation “feels bad”, get out of there
right away; it is better to feel a little silly then
be a victim of an attack.
I also highly recommend you get a self
defensive spray at the very least. A combo of
personal alarm, some type of
pepper spray and a
stun gun would be better. This way you are better
prepared for different situations and the backup
protection is nice as well. You should also look into
getting a book or DVD and/or attending a class on self
defense (taking a class is the best option of the 3).
So the short answer for this question
of “Should I try and fight off an attacker"? is that
there is no short answer. As I said before the best
defense is to avoid bad situations all together but if
you can't then you must trust your gut. All attacks
are different and you need to quickly assess the given
situation and react accordingly. The more prepared you
are the better you will be able to handle any bad
situation.