If only all females had a boyfriend or husband the size and unmatchable strength of Lou Ferrigno - "The Hulk", Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dwayne Johnson - "The Rock", or Kevin Costner who played "The Bodyguard" in 1992 with Whitney Houston. And, if only they were with you 24/7. Wouldn't it be great (unrealistic though) for each of us to have our very own "Popeye" with us all of the time?
This is the worse myth and "excuse" for not educating yourself in personal safety/self-defense. Especially as things are today, why women would even have the nerve to actually verbalize this thought is baffling to me, other women and even men. Unfortunately, it's true; I hear it all of the time. This is nothing short of being worthless, false, ridiculous and pure nonsense.
We live in an age where women are stronger, better educated, independent and self-sufficient. We strive for the same pay, same respect, equality and the same opportunities that men have. Why spend so much time and effort creating or demanding equal wants and needs when you wouldn't even consider spending 4-6 hours at minimum to learn how to protect and defend yourself? Personally, it doesn't add up in mind. You are not invisible nor can you walk around with the attitude, "it won't happen to me". I didn't give it a second thought when I was introduced to Personal Safety Training (awareness, pro-activeness, safety tips and ultimately how to physically defend myself (hand-to-hand combat) if it was warranted. It made so much sense to me then and even more so now.
There are many men that would defend the love of their life in a heartbeat. But they are not clueless. They know that they cannot be with her twenty-four hours a day. And, they are aware that there are assailants, given the opportunity, would attack, harass, assault or kill her. Because of this, many men support females to be educated and trained in personal safety/self-defense.
This myth only takes the responsibility of self-protection away from YOU
and places it into another person's hands. It's a cheap "excuse", and definitely yet another "get your head out of the sand" type of thinking. When you are standing face-to-face with an assailant who wants to assault you, show him a few techniques you have hidden up your sleeve instead of screaming for your boyfriend or husband. You can bet that he would have wished that he hadn't messed with the wrong b..........! Again, you have to be smart and trained in many areas of protect and defend.Susan B. Anthony wrote, "I declare to you that a woman must NOT depend upon the protection of a man, but MUST be taught how to protect herself, and there I take my stand."
Every female MUST be educated and trained in personal safety training. Parents.....you have got to step up to the plate and continue to protect your girls - make them get trained, no matter what their age is! They will have Personal Safety Training the rest of their lives!
Visit our websites, email me, call me - let's see what we can do to bring Personal Safety Training to the females in your area.
Take care and STAY SAFE!Anny Jacoby
A Success Survivor
The Realistic Female Self-Defense Company
"Raising female awareness and skills to reduce susceptibility in response to violence."
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