Thanks for responding, Eskie. I was actually thinking about this post earlier today and how only one person has responded so far. My line of thinking kind of went, "I don't think they're ignoring me, I'm sure this is something a lot of women think about, but maybe no one really has a solution because there really isn't one." And basically, there isn't. You just have to be aware of your surroundings and then be as safe as possible.

When I was younger, I was in a Women in Technology program that gave us self-defense training every year. They'd teach us moves, and then have a guy dressed up in a padded suit try to grab us. It gave us a chance to actually practice on a person, so that if we did need it, we'd be more comfortable doing it. I still remember a lot of it, but I've been thinking about taking another class to brush up.

I respect and understand your decision to carry a gun, but personally, it's not something I would do. I have been considering pepper spray, but even then, there's a little voice in my head that just keeps saying, "Is that really necessary? Isn't that being a little overprotective?" But then, I thought the same thing when I asked a friend to walk me to my car after we got out of a movie downtown. I later found out, at around the same time a few blocks away from where I parked, there was a possible sexual assault happening... The police aren't sure if it actually happened (they did investigate it and treat it like it did happen, so it wasn't police being dismissive), but they're thinking the girl might of had a flashback to a previous trauma. Even so, that is scary in its own right.

It's just starting to seem like there aren't any safe places left.

Anyways, thanks again for responding.