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Originally posted by Cloud9
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Ok, I'm so angry right now, so I kind of need to vent and blah. So I go to school at NYU and there have been two rapes in the area recently, BOTH in busy areas, one at 6:30 am and one at 9:30pm(!!!)...and this is in the middle of the CITY
That makes me very angry too.
So anyways, I was talking with some of my sisters tonite about it, and it just made me so angry thinking about how these shithead horney bastards rationalize it
I just wanted to state that rape is not committed because of "hornyness" or men who are so overcome by their sexual urges; it is a crime of
violence and it is about
asserting power over a woman.
The fact that no one came to these women's aid, and it's something that happens all the time, people are witnesses to a woman being assaulted and just standby without saying anything. There are so many self-defense classes, there ought to be workshops on how to tactfully investigate a suspicious situation between two strangers.
Dear
Cloud9, I hear your anger! One thing that I think will make you feel empowered is to take a Self Defence course. One thing that was the best thing that I *EVER* did was a take a course called "Model Mugging". It was the
greatest thing and smartest thing that I ever did for myself. It teaches you how to fight for your life, and I am so glad that I took it. I walk much more confidently now, and it feels much much better. It also shows you how to defuse a situation verbally, so that it does not necessarily have to resort to physical fighting.
The course that I took, you are fighting against a mugger using full force blows (pic below). Was I afraid? You bet I was! The thing is, courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the ability to push through your fear and do what needs to be done. When I did my fighting, the attacker was yelling loudly at me and calling me everything filthy name in the book. This is intentional, because in real life, an attacker would likely do the same thing.
I feel that because I did this, I would able to fight for my life if I ever needed to.
I looked around on the net to see if Model Mugging is offered in NYC and yes, it is! I strongly urge you to contact these guys. I was scared, and you will be too...but you will feel so great and so proud of yourself for doing it. I don't know how much the course will be in NYC, but you have to ask yourself, how much is your life worth? Anyhow, I hope and pray that you will pursue this (maybe get a friend to sign up with you!) Women don't need to feel powerless! Oh, another thing...a lot of people think, "Women can't fight back, because they are not as strong as men". That is bull$hit. While men might have a stronger upper body, generally speaking, women have incredibly strong legs...so you are taught alot about ground fighting, etc.
http://www.prepareinc.com/
Prepare/IMPACT
147 West 25th St., Fl8
New York, NY 10001-7205
Phone: 800 442-7273
212 255-0505
This is what it looks like when you are fighting the "mugger":
