Important message!!! Don’t Allow Yourself To Be Raped!!!
Considering the information message, this blog will not follow my usual format for what I advertise and then blog. This is also limited to being wordpress only, since blogger doesn’t like the copy and paste for some odd reason. It would take too much time to re enter spacing. Plus that would drive me up a wall. I’ll follow up on this a bit later. But pass word around. No one should ever be raped. Plus the stereotypes these bastard men end up landing on better men such as myself just pisses me off. We are all human. So stop the inhumanity please. —> Viodragon.
Don’t Allow Yourself To Be Raped!
The following is a pass around message sent to me. It deals with my subject matter blog wise greatly. Beyond this initial message is my own add on pointers. Feel free to pass word along. No one should ever be raped.
Through a Rapist’s Eyes
When this was sent to me, I was told to forward it to my lady friends, but I forwarded 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 and share it with your children.
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 whose 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: 00a.m. And 8:30a.m.
5) The number one place women are abducted from/attacked is grocery store parking lots. Number two: Are office parking lots/garages. Number three: Are 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.
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 in 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 HAVE 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 outsmarting 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 the 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, and 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.
1 Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body.
If you are close enough to use it, do!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you….chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse.
RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won’t see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.) DON’T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
a. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.
5 A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot or parking garage:
A.) be aware: look around you; look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver’s side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot.
This is especially true at NIGHT!)
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times. And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.
RUN, preferably in a zigzag pattern!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP! It may get you raped or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well-educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked ‘for help’ into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her ‘Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, ‘We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.’ He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby’s cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby’s cries outside their doors when they’re home alone at night.
Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby —-This
should be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America’s Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.
I’d like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well.
I’ll tend to do this when seeing such post from time to time. There are a couple of other things to consider when dealing with a potential rapist.
1. Look up the laws on self defense on a local, state and federal level. Know your rights to defending yourself so you don’t end up in civil suits down the road. There are plenty of reports out there of people defending themselves and being sued or even criminally charged later on from their actions. There is no sense in letting yourself get raped in more ways than one.
2. Continuing with self defense, also remember this. There are ways the human body bends, and there are ways the human body DOES NOT bend. Go ahead and break a bone, gouge an eye, or dislocate a major joint area. If these rapists are basically a bunch of hit and run quickies, this should cure them of that pretty fast.
3. While there is truth to better being paranoid than dead, think of this aspect. It is the same thing in the world of survival of a wolf capturing a rabbit to eat. The wolf is a predator smelling for fear to feast; the rabbit is the prey, with fear and paranoia, just leading that wolf right to him. Human to human will be different in this regard since you have the means to fight back. DON’T SHOW FEAR! The wolf won’t go after that rabbit that looks like it is ready to go medieval on a whole bunch of critters. What was just described by a rapist is quick and easy victims. Prove there is nothing easy about you being raped.
One thing that pisses me off about these types of reports is the stereotypes of men and women tend to trickle over. Meaning gentlemen such as myself who would rather date and love for all the right reasons end up with that much more of a barrier to overcome to prove our true meaning.
There are a couple more notes I want to point out as well.
Simply put for the men, and as insulting as this may come off, face it.
DON’T RAPE!
I don’t give a rats ass how much your hormonal levels are unbalanced. You need to get yourself either medical treatment or psychological treatment before you commit a crime and end up destroying your livelihood over something you refuse to take any form of ownership over.
For the men out there who don’t ever need to rape but may run into someone who would think this. Keep these actions in mind. Feel free to make your voice heard and your opinion matter how they are wrong in their actions. Burn a hole in them with your eyes. But no matter how upset you may become knowing someone is a rapist or a potential rapist, NEVER INITIATE PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION FIRST. This becomes assault that lands you into jail. Not worth it. Stand your ground and let them prove to make the first mistake if physical confrontation may occur.
For both men and women, you are always responsible for your own actions in life, despite popular opinion or the fad of refusing to be liable for anything. You are always liable for yourself first.
One last thing to point out for the women. DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT A RAPIST MAY EXPECT.
The following is a story mentioned to me about someone’s aunt who avoided being raped with some cleverness.
Apparently walking in some alley for some reason, she was confronted and was about to be raped by some man when she decided to say, “Oh Thank goodness!!!!!”
This completely threw the rapist off guard wondering why she reacted that way, asking about it, this was the explanation she gave (it may be a lie, but it apparently worked.)
“I never thought I would ever have sex again after that day the doctor told me I tested positive for AIDS.“
The rapist zipped up his pants and walked away.
I’ll end it with this note. Keep yourself safe now and don’t go out of your way to harm others. This bullshit is just a sickness that should never exist to begin with.
Tags: crime, criminal intent, end sex offense, eyes of a rapist, news report, prevent being raped., rape, rape pervention, rapist, self defense
April 26, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Good post overall. As a police officer with 29 years experience, I also advocate the use of pepper spray, but don’t recommend advertising the fact you are carrying it. For pepper spray to be effective you want to get it in your attackers face, eyes, nose and mouth. If you tell someone I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY it may deter him, or it might cause him to put up his hand and block it, close his eyes or turn his head. Why not surprise him, spray him in the face and let him find out for himself?