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ages. Guys - please forward to the female members
of your family and all your female friends and
associates.
When this was sent to me, I was told to forward it to
my lady friends. I forw! arded it to most everyone in
my address book. My men friends have female
friends and this information is too important to miss
someone. Please pass it along.
A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were
interviewed on what they look for in a potential
victim and here are some interesting facts:
1) The first thing men look for in a potential victim is
hairstyle. They are most likely to go after a woman
with a ponytail, bun, braid or other hairstyle that can
easily be grabbed. They are also likely ! to go after a
woman with long hair. Women with short hair are
not common targets.
2) The second thing men look for is clothing. They
will look for women who's clothing is easy to remove
quickly. Many of them carry scissors around
specifically to cut clothing.
3) They also look for women on their cell phone,
searching through their purse or doing other
activities while walking because they are off guard
and can be easily overpowered.
4) Men are most likely to attack & rape in the early
morning, between 5:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.
5) The number one place women are abducted
from/attacked is grocery store parking lots . Number
two is office parking lots/garages . Number three is
public restrooms .
6) The thing about these men is that they are
looking to grab a woman and quickly move her to
another location where they don't have to worry
about getting caught.
7) Only 2% said they carried weapons because rape
carries a 3-5 year sentence but rape with a weapon
is 15-20 years.
8) If you put up any kind of a fight at ! all, they get
discouraged because it only takes a minute or two
for them to realize that going after you isn't worth it
because it will be time-consuming
9) These men said they would not pick on women
who have umbrellas , or other similar objects that
can be used from a distance, in their hands.
Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get
really close to the attacker to use them as a
weapon. So, the idea is to convince these guys
you're not worth it.
10) Several defense mechanisms he taught us are: If
someone is following behind you on a street or in a
garage or with you in an elevator or stairwell, look
them i! n the face and ask them a question , like
what time is it, or make general small talk: "I can't
believe it is so cold out here", "we're in for a bad
winter." Now you've seen their face and could
identify them in a line-up; you lose appeal as a
target.
11) If someone is coming toward you , hold out your
hands in front of you and yell STOP or STAY BACK !
Most of the rapists this man talked to said they'd
leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that
she would not be afraid to fight back . Again, they
are looking for an EASY target.
12) If you carry pepper spray (this instructor was a
huge advocate of it and carries it with him wherever
he goes,) yell I HA! VE PEPPER Spray and holding it
out will be a deterrent.
13 ) If someone grabs you , you can't beat them with
strength but you can by outsmart ing them . If you
are grabbed around the waist from behind, pinch the
attacker either under the arm (between the elbow
and armpit) OR in the upper inner thigh VERY VERY
HARD . One woman in a class ! this guy taught told
him she used the underarm pinch on a guy who was
trying to date rape her and was so upset she broke
through the skin and tore out muscle strands - the
guy needed stitches.
Try pinching yourself in those places as hard as you
can stand it; it hurts.
14) After the initial hit, always GO for the GROIN . I
know from a particularly unfortunate experience that
if you slap a guy's parts it is extremely painful . You
might think that you'll anger the guy and make him
want to hurt you more, but the thing these rapists
told our instructor is that they want a woman who
will not cause a lot of trouble. Start causing trouble,
and he's out of there .
15) When th! e guy puts his hands up to you , grab
his first two fingers and bend them back as far as
possible with as much pressure pushing down on
them as possible . The instructor did it to me without
using much pressure, and I ended up on my knees
and both knuckles cracked audibly.
16) Of course the things we always hear still apply.
Always be aware of your surroundings , take
someone with you if you can and if you see any odd
behavior, don't dismiss it, go with your instincts!!!
You may feel a little silly at the time, but you'd feel
much worse if the guy really was trouble
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