Rei - you're hillarious
Aside from the weapon issue, i thing Crashfrog is missing a few other obvious point with his "awareness & take back the night" thoughts:
- historical psychological impact. Men often snir at this, but rape has only even been considered a punishable crime for less than 50 years. Men have always faught, had authority & control. It's FIRST nature for them to fight & win. Not women. Many dont' feel they have the ability to protect themselves, since that has been the way for the last 6000 years.
- the emotional factor: most women feel embarrassed & ashamed when they are raped; instead of outraged like a man when he is wronged. Do you think that is a characteristic of a person who would become a black-belt? That whole "nurturing" thing that is a woman's first nature makes it hard for her to decide as a young girl "gee, i should learn to kill someone with my bare hands..."
Back to the weapon issue:
- it's illegal in Canada, too
- with how screwed up the "justice" system is now, the victim would end up being sued or charged by the attempted rapist if she successfully defended herself with a weapon. If he doesn't actually leave any physical evidence on her that he was going to attempt to rape her, the stupid courts today would let him win.
- what, is a 6 year old going to learn to use a gun or knife? How about self-defence? Most women who have a victim character in this area is because they started being sexually abused this young. They were taught that there was absolutely nothing they could do to stop even a teenage guy, let alone a huge man. That defeat stays with them as they age & grow.
The problem is societal & governmental, not personal.
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