How to protect yourself- Women awareness
The word “awareness” in the realm of women’s self-defense and crime prevention encompasses everything we have learned about this topic throughout our life experiences, to include the awareness of ourselves. After responding to and investigating hundreds of robberies, assaults and sexual assaults, I commonly hear the phrase, “If I had only known.” Statements like, “If I only had known how to defend myself or what to look for” are ironic since few people will actually take the time to actually “know” by understanding how criminals operate and target their victims. Another aspect of women’s self-defense is a woman’s self-perception. The stronger a woman feels in her ability to protect herself and others will drastically affect how she will respond to an attack. Women with these qualities will fight harder and faster to protect themselves and their families, as opposed to a timid woman that would prefer to surrender and hope for the best. A woman’s self-perception and self-es...