Wow!
Folks, this one has me fired up more than you can know. I truly wish I could arm every female age 16 and up (My daughter is currently 11+ and will soon be a young woman, this is something I catch myself thinking about more and more)
This list of "the politically correct way to be raped" from the Illinois State Police website, has my blood at a boil.
Fighting for your safety may be necessary. However, if you start out fighting you cancel any other options that might be open to you. Since many attacks on women are not sexually motivated, and are designed to degrade and humiliate, talking your way out of it may be easier.
There is documentation of assailants that left a would-be-victim alone after she told him that she was pregnant and it would kill her baby. (Some case were women that were too old to even have a baby.)
Telling an attacker that you have VD or AIDS can discourage him.
It may sound disgusting, but putting your fingers into you throat and making yourself vomit usually gets results. (This method is not often used except as a last resort.)
Use your imagination and you can think of others.
The above methods are particularly important if your assailant has a gun or knife, or there is more than one attacker. (Fighting would probably be futile.)
Above all, if there is no escape, do not resist.
Then they go on with an instruction manual and supplies list for date rapers.
The good advice given could be covered in a good CCW class- Situational Awareness!!
As I left on my FB post, I think every woman should learn a simple anti-rape, 3 step process. I call it the SDS method. Scream (NO!), Draw (weapon of choice), Squeeze (trigger- perferably twice).
Read more if you dare, but you leave upset, don't say I didn't warn you.
http://www.isp.state.il.us/crime/assault.cfm
