 | Ajanelle is a 26 year old married woman from Macon, Georgia, USA. |
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- Mar 7, 9:45am
 (70 reviews) crime http://www.invisiblepatriots.com/web2/Sa... - I've received this forward repeatedly. I never believed the crying baby story so finally I checked it on Snopes. It isn't true. Interestingly they've got this entire list on the site, too, with a few better alternative tips as well as some additional commentary on what actually makes sense in the list.
Other good tips, or at least some I think are pretty good ideas (my step dad teaches women's self defense classes and was constantly telling me and my sister this stuff- then I got to hear it all over again when my husband decided to become a cop). 1. Make lots of noise. If you're walking alone in a dark or secluded place stomp your feet and rattle your keys. Yapping or pretending to yap on your cell phone loudly might be a good idea, too as long as it's not distracting to you. If there's two of you talk very loudly and generally be obnoxious. If you make yourself obvious an attacker is more than likely to believe that somebody else has noticed you, too and will notice if they try to snatch you... not to mention that you appear more likely to scream your head off and give them a hard time.
2. If somebody attacks you give them a hard time. Scream bloody murder, squirm, kick, and run as soon as you can because if you go off with them peacefully the likelihood of you living is statistically very very low. If you were somebody who would, say, run up and rape somebody which can carry worse penalties than murder, would you want to leave a witness?
On the other hand, I don't like to go around paranoid all the time. It can get to the point where the life you're trying to protect isn't worth living. I always lock my car and always check the backseat. I always walk out with my keys in my hands and try not to tiptoe around, but it's all out of habit now. The habit was formed by paranoia in the past. It's pretty much gone now. It is most often the case that you will be physically assaulted, murdered, or raped by a date, a friend, or a family member. These people obviously have an upper hand and most protect yourself advice isn't going to help when your husband suddenly decides to kill you. This sounds horrible, but I don't mean to say distrust everybody and guard yourself around your own friends and family, but rather that we should not be constantly paranoid because sometimes there is little we can do, but the likelihood of something happening to you isn't great.
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