“They found that in response to physical attacks, the most effective strategies were forceful fighting and screaming for reducing the severity of a sexual assault without increasing the level of physical injury indicating that forceful resistance strategies are effective in avoiding rape without experiencing more physical harm.”
Self-Defense Training: A Brief Review by Alyssa A. Rheingold and Dean G Kilpatrick, National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina. http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/research/self-defense.html
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Learning to fight back in times of danger is very important. You can protect yourself but also prevent the attacker from victimizing other people.
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