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Originally Posted by abaya
If it were me, I'd rather piss him off AND hurt him for life, if things get that far. I'd go down fighting like a bitch, penis-trap or not. Yeah, I've heard that if a woman hurts a rapist to an unusual degree (or kills him), SHE's the one who ends up in jail... jesus, what a system. I'd kill the fucker anyway, if I could. Absolutely no mercy for those bastards.
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Even here in CT, where the right to self-defense isn't held in particularly high regard, rape is considered "severe bodily harm" and the threat of being raped is legal justification for use of deadly force. Last time I ws asked about my thoughts on preventing rape, I think my exact words were, "If all else fails, nothing says 'no' quite like a pair of .45 hollow points."
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Originally Posted by water_bug
I have my own anti rape device sort of. It's something that could be totally blow up in my face or be the next big thing to combat rapists. It sounds dumb and I will never try it (and I hope I never have to) but at the same time it does have some credibilty. Okay, here it is:
Get into it.
No serious, I keep hearing that rape is not about sex it's about force and control. If you want to do what they want you to do, then rape loses its appeal. In theory a rapist should leave you alone if you get excited instead of scream for help.
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All that I've heard from behavioral psychologists has been the exact opposite. Being as loud and combatitive as possible is likely to break a rapist's fantasy as he realizes that a woman is unwilling to be submissive and allow him to rape her.
I don't have current data, but the 1979 DoJ data showed that only 3% of attempted sexual assaults were successful against women armed with a knife or gun as opposed to 32% against unarmed women*. Being able to defend yourself is your best chance, whether with lethal force or otherwise.
In 1966 the city of Orlando, FL suffered a wave of sexual assaults, and offered free firearms training to women in response. Sexual assaults dropped by 90%. As hard as it is to belive coming from me, I don't care about the fact that there were guns involved, what I want to emphasize is that rapists are a hell of a lot less likely to try to attack women when they think they're going to encounter resistance. Never having done anything of the sort, I can't be 100% certain, but I'd imagine it's a lot harder to sexually assault someone who's trying to crush your balls or claw out your eyes.
* - U.S. Department of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Rape Victimization in 26
American Cities, 1979