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Nov 03, 2019 at 07:13 PM
What I've learned in the USMC, anything can be used as a "weapon of opportunity." Because I don't know whether pepper spray is legal or not, and because I don't want anything illegal on my record, I prepare by having a pen or a pencil on my person.
Other "weapons" that can be used is really anything in the room or on your person, like a belt, the straps of your purse, your keys between your knuckles. Anything.
But, if you're like me, it doesn't matter what training I've had or what is on my person, I'd freeze, dissociate, flee, or use some sort of psychology to persuade the offender to leave me alone - such as acting really crazy and not worth his or her time, or siding with the offender and acting all friendly until I could get a shot in or flee, etc.
My hypervigilence is high, so I play scenarios in my mind whenever I feel like I'm walking in or around dangerous territory. I think ahead, but I mostly spend time indoors to feel safe. It's exhausting thinking like this.
And this notion that they send r*p* victims to self-defense is absurd. Those in the military had self-defense and offense fighting training, and still, their MST (military s**ual trauma) was too much for them to fight against. Same thing with civilian women, disabled persons, etc. Some may learn to fight, but that's sending a message that victims are to blame for their lack of training, or lack of capable guardianship. B*****t! Even if you're a parapalegic, or a child, or a wrestling champion, it's never your fault when you're attacked; it's the offender's fault for attacking you.
So yeah, I have defensive strategies, but I first consider the offender culpability in all this.
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