If
someone forces you to have sex it’s important you defend yourself. How?
1.
Sexual
abuse often starts with crossing the border in subtle ways, for instance a
hand on your knee which you don’t like. You have to respond to this immediately
to avoid it from going from bad to worse. A gentle warning gives the aggressor
the opportunity to retreat graciously without loosing face. 2.
If a gentle warning is not recognized or heeded
you have to be firmer. Make it stop: bring yourself in safety. 3.
If you are attacked there is only one thing that
counts: surviving. Do whatever is necessary to bring yourself in safety: pushing,
running, scratching, hitting, kicking and screaming. Attack with any object at
hand, using it as a weapon. 4.
The most important element with self-defence is
not muscles, but your mental attitude. You have to turn your fear into strength
and dare to hurt your attacker badly. 5.
Imagine what you could and would do if you were
attacked. How would you bring yourself in safety? Which tactics would you use?
6.
Take a self-defence course to learn how to fight.
Fighting
mean
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