| Not long ago, crime was something that happened to | | | | as well as, help women get the same access to self |
| other people. It happened in cities or "high crime | | | | defense weapons as men have traditionally had. |
| areas" but not in quiet little towns where moms | | | | There are self defense products and weapons |
| take kids to the park, jog alone or go to and from | | | | available to everyone over 18 years old and are very |
| work at all hours of the day and night. Things have | | | | effective to use in self defense. |
| changed a lot. It seems that potential attackers target | | | | Products such as pepper-spray, for instance, come in |
| their attack toward women. In the past self defense | | | | various forms and styles. There is pepper spray, |
| weapons have been marketed almost exclusively to | | | | pepper foam and pepper gel. Some of these products |
| men, leaving women very few places to go to find | | | | come hidden inside fake ballpoint pens, lipstick tubes, |
| protection. Lack of information and access to reliable | | | | flashlights, cell phones and more. They are easy to |
| and effective weapons has left many women | | | | conceal and easy to use. |
| vulnerable, injured or dead. | | | | There are tasers and stun guns which send non lethal, |
| More recently, there has been more importance on | | | | powerful electric volts into would-be attackers and |
| womens self defense. There are many self defense | | | | incapacitate these attackers, giving a person time to |
| classes to choose from and volumes of ideas on self | | | | get away and get help. These tools are extremely |
| defense. However, women need more. Self defense | | | | effective come in compact packages and various |
| classes are important and not to be minimized, they | | | | colors. They fit in a hand bag or pocket and are easy |
| often leave a bit to be desired. For example, if you are | | | | to use. Women's self defense is essential and critical. It |
| 5'2" and 100 pounds, even with self defense | | | | is important for women to have choices in being able |
| training it might be quite difficult - if not, impossible - to | | | | to protect and defend themselves in a way that gives |
| fight off a 6 foot tall attacker. | | | | them security. |
| There is a way to reinforce a womens self defense, | | | | |