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"When I'm approached in a dark alley I don't lift my skirt
In this city, self preservation is a full time occupation
But I am determined to survive on this shore
And you know I don't avert my eyes anymore.
In a man's world I am a woman by birth
And after nineteen times around I had found
They will stop at nothing once they know what you are worth.
In the day to day, in teh face to face
I have to act just as strong as I can
Just to preserve a place where I can be who I am
Talk to me."
(Ani DiFranco)
Predators walk and talk, but sometimes they do not win. One lost last night. One drunk, stupid predator thought following a woman into the bathroom at a public bar would be an easy notch to their cowardly belt. But the woman he choose to follow was me. I came out of the stall, still adjusting pants, and there he was by the door, locking it, big toothy grin on his inebriated face. Saying he had to have me. Fight or Flight? I always freeze for a half second, unsure what to do. And then I fight. He stepped towards me, I punched him as hard as I could while streams of swears flew out of my mouth. It was as thought I was watching someone else do what I was doing. Surreal. Then people were pounding on the door and unlocking it, running in. I was standing over him still screaming like a banshee. My friend said I was screaming "Not again fucker!" But I really don't remember what I said.
Why am I posting this? I am not sure. I think I want to tell of the time that the predator did not win. Lavy posted a thread awhile ago where she had an experience with a predator, and I wanted to post to that, but there was nothing for me to say. She did not need my words, she had found her own solace.
I guess I just want to say that my face, my body, my clothes, and my person have nothing to do with predation.
Shit Happens.
In this city, self preservation is a full time occupation
But I am determined to survive on this shore
And you know I don't avert my eyes anymore.
In a man's world I am a woman by birth
And after nineteen times around I had found
They will stop at nothing once they know what you are worth.
In the day to day, in teh face to face
I have to act just as strong as I can
Just to preserve a place where I can be who I am
Talk to me."
(Ani DiFranco)
Predators walk and talk, but sometimes they do not win. One lost last night. One drunk, stupid predator thought following a woman into the bathroom at a public bar would be an easy notch to their cowardly belt. But the woman he choose to follow was me. I came out of the stall, still adjusting pants, and there he was by the door, locking it, big toothy grin on his inebriated face. Saying he had to have me. Fight or Flight? I always freeze for a half second, unsure what to do. And then I fight. He stepped towards me, I punched him as hard as I could while streams of swears flew out of my mouth. It was as thought I was watching someone else do what I was doing. Surreal. Then people were pounding on the door and unlocking it, running in. I was standing over him still screaming like a banshee. My friend said I was screaming "Not again fucker!" But I really don't remember what I said.
Why am I posting this? I am not sure. I think I want to tell of the time that the predator did not win. Lavy posted a thread awhile ago where she had an experience with a predator, and I wanted to post to that, but there was nothing for me to say. She did not need my words, she had found her own solace.
I guess I just want to say that my face, my body, my clothes, and my person have nothing to do with predation.
Shit Happens.
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GreenEyedGirl
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Thanks, but my hand HURTS!!!
How do you boys punch people and not cry afterwards?
How do you boys punch people and not cry afterwards?
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Thank you, I appreciate it. I am ok today. But damn, you know? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD?
Why would someone think this was an acceptable thing to do?
I need to make some tea, I am getting pissed again.
Why would someone think this was an acceptable thing to do?
I need to make some tea, I am getting pissed again.
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Rubyfruit said:
Today, yes! LOL
I felt like a powderpuff girl on steroids.
I mean, I've never thrown a punch in my life before. Hope I never have to again.
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You don't. There's no way to hit someone and not feel the pain yourself beyond years of training for it.
The hardest way to hit someone without a great deal of expertise is to put your hand at a 90 degree angle to your forearm and ram with the heel of your palm in some protruding part as hard as you can. What that does for you is back up the contact point with about a foot of immobile bone which won't absorb the shock, unlike hitting with a mobile fist that will flex and give then take a lot of the recoil. I bet your wrists hurt a bit, too.
Aim for the philtrum, right beneath their nose/above the lips--give yourself a light pop there now and see what I mean-- or the throat if you want to seriously injure, perhaps kill.
Don't make self-defense a summer project. Make self-defense a lifelong commitment. Your body forgets. When you need the self defense is when you can't think, you're afraid and your adrenaline is rushing through you making everything louder, stronger, faster, and harder to think through. You can't remember moves from a few classes that way.
Be strong. Be smart. Be safe.
The hardest way to hit someone without a great deal of expertise is to put your hand at a 90 degree angle to your forearm and ram with the heel of your palm in some protruding part as hard as you can. What that does for you is back up the contact point with about a foot of immobile bone which won't absorb the shock, unlike hitting with a mobile fist that will flex and give then take a lot of the recoil. I bet your wrists hurt a bit, too.
Aim for the philtrum, right beneath their nose/above the lips--give yourself a light pop there now and see what I mean-- or the throat if you want to seriously injure, perhaps kill.
Don't make self-defense a summer project. Make self-defense a lifelong commitment. Your body forgets. When you need the self defense is when you can't think, you're afraid and your adrenaline is rushing through you making everything louder, stronger, faster, and harder to think through. You can't remember moves from a few classes that way.
Be strong. Be smart. Be safe.
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First GEG...Bravo!!!!!!!!!
Second...as I seem to find myself doing so often...I apologize on behalf of my gender. Such creatures as you encountered are not men...they are sub-human things that are unfortunately confused with men. I sometimes regret the "progress" that precludes public lynchings of such animals.
Second...as I seem to find myself doing so often...I apologize on behalf of my gender. Such creatures as you encountered are not men...they are sub-human things that are unfortunately confused with men. I sometimes regret the "progress" that precludes public lynchings of such animals.
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GreenEyedGirl said:
Four years ago was my first and only fight.. I found myself in the middle of a brawl .. I wasn't having any part of it and stayed back a distance but I ended up getting shoved hard into the groud.. When I got up I was PISSED and attacked anything that got within a foot of me. That night - after the cops let me go from the office
(a few friends came to my defence and stated I was defending myself.. I got off with a very stern warning) - I went right to the hospital and was treated with two broken fingers in the left hand and a sprained right wrist.Most people when threatened or pissed gain the strength of ten people and the speed off a cheetah.. Not to mention the vocabulary of a sailor.
I did that night when I was pissed, you did when you were threatened.
Good for you.. Good that you were able to defend yourself, good that you gave that jackass a lesson he won't soon forget..
GREAT that you didn't KILL the sorry bastard!
(Although maybe it wouldn't have been such a loss.. *shrug*)
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Irish, please do not apologize for the male gender. I very deliberately did not call the ass a man, but a predator. Men, on a whole, a good sort. I tend to like them. But what one does, I will not condemn other for.
But I thank you for the sentiment
And KM! You rock harder than Gibraltar! I need to remember that, palm of the hand - no knuckles.
I have to say that the whole Flight or Flight psychology is interesting to me. As Lion stated, some people gain strength, speed and swearing capabilities when attacked. I know I do, I always have. I have never felt a flee urge, which I sometimes wonder if that is good or not. Really odd.
But I thank you for the sentiment
And KM! You rock harder than Gibraltar! I need to remember that, palm of the hand - no knuckles.
I have to say that the whole Flight or Flight psychology is interesting to me. As Lion stated, some people gain strength, speed and swearing capabilities when attacked. I know I do, I always have. I have never felt a flee urge, which I sometimes wonder if that is good or not. Really odd.
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ok, i'm staying on your good side, GEG! way to go!
i really, really, really hope i never have to fend off an attacker. if i have my suburito (big fucking wooden kendo practice sword), i'll beat their face in. if i have my Ka-Bar, dagger, or my other tactical knife (i rotate them), well, one can do a lot with a good knife and a little training, and i don't skimp on the money when buying tactical knives. if unarmed, if i get the upper hand, i'll crush their throat in with my bare hands if i can. unless it's just some homeless drunk or something; then i'd just laugh and kick 'em in the balls a few times. and if they beat the piss outta me, i'll still laugh if i'm still concious. i mean, i'm a college student, for fuck's sake! LIKE I HAVE ANY MONEY!
now i'm not a violent guy, far from it. it's just that there is this switch inside my head that, once flipped, unleashes one saddistic little shit on the world. it scares the FUCK outta me, but i can't help it. you try to hurt me, my friends, or those i care about, don't expect mercy, b/c the thing you'll be facing doesn't know the meaning of the word. so far i've been pretty successful at keeping my temper in check, but i havn't been pushed very far, either.
if someone attacks me and they're on the losing side, i'll get into serious trouble afterward unless my actions can be justified by self defense.
(jeez... i hope i don't sound like a psycho..)
i really, really, really hope i never have to fend off an attacker. if i have my suburito (big fucking wooden kendo practice sword), i'll beat their face in. if i have my Ka-Bar, dagger, or my other tactical knife (i rotate them), well, one can do a lot with a good knife and a little training, and i don't skimp on the money when buying tactical knives. if unarmed, if i get the upper hand, i'll crush their throat in with my bare hands if i can. unless it's just some homeless drunk or something; then i'd just laugh and kick 'em in the balls a few times. and if they beat the piss outta me, i'll still laugh if i'm still concious. i mean, i'm a college student, for fuck's sake! LIKE I HAVE ANY MONEY!
now i'm not a violent guy, far from it. it's just that there is this switch inside my head that, once flipped, unleashes one saddistic little shit on the world. it scares the FUCK outta me, but i can't help it. you try to hurt me, my friends, or those i care about, don't expect mercy, b/c the thing you'll be facing doesn't know the meaning of the word. so far i've been pretty successful at keeping my temper in check, but i havn't been pushed very far, either.
if someone attacks me and they're on the losing side, i'll get into serious trouble afterward unless my actions can be justified by self defense.
(jeez... i hope i don't sound like a psycho..)
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scyllis, you do not sound like a psycho, you sound human.
And hey, with that pink lightsaber, no one in their right mind would mess with you!
You know, it is true, if that guy had gone after my sister, I have no idea what I would have done to him.
Probably would have been me at the police station instead.
And hey, with that pink lightsaber, no one in their right mind would mess with you!
You know, it is true, if that guy had gone after my sister, I have no idea what I would have done to him.
Probably would have been me at the police station instead.
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scylis said:
fucking GODDAMNIT!! PURPLE!
rrrrrrrr.....
You be nice to me! I now know how to punch properly!
