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76. I think that would be DU 101, real life isn't like this

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Wed Dec 30, 2015, 04:41 PM

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Women’s Self Defense Against Sexual Assault [View all] CajunBlazer Dec 2015 OP

Yes, it's important to remember when an attack is the victim's fault. Orrex Dec 2015 #1

You obviously didn't read the article are that would not be your reaction. CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #5

Perhaps you should realize that I'm not the only one who reacted that way Orrex Dec 2015 #10

Again, these are notes for a women's self defense class I teach CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #41

It's interesting that you claim to value women in personal and professional roles, but... Orrex Dec 2015 #80

Perhaps you didn't. Warpy Dec 2015 #146

They don't teach that. lovemydog Dec 2015 #129

"Don't go out in public with those breast-things of yours, men just can't help themselves" Spider Jerusalem Dec 2015 #2

Class on Situational Awareness: #1 Put your phone away NightWatcher Dec 2015 #3

Great point. lovemydog Dec 2015 #136

I thought peeing on themselves was the latest defense? ileus Dec 2015 #4

If you think this article is about blaming women for sexual assults - you haven't read the article CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #6

I've found that if more people infer my point differently than I intended LanternWaste Dec 2015 #8

Sometimes. lovemydog Dec 2015 #138

No, it may not have been the intent of the article etherealtruth Dec 2015 #9

Did you read the article? CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #11

Why don't you post the article? Orrex Dec 2015 #12

It is very long, and if it prevents one assult or allows some one to fight off an assult - CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #16

Regardless of the reaction you think you deserve... Orrex Dec 2015 #21

Please understand that, as stated the article consist of my notes which I used to teach... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #23

First you blame the victim, and now you blame the reader Orrex Dec 2015 #25

Look if you don't like the article - press on with something else .... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #36

You have no future as a writer Orrex Dec 2015 #78

Yes ... it may not have been the intent, but the onus is placed on the woman (victim) etherealtruth Dec 2015 #13

It also assumes that women are really, really stupid. Squinch Dec 2015 #44

To be fair, it's harder to take steps to make somebody not be a rapist mythology Dec 2015 #50

Extremely well stated! (n/t) CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #52

The article wouldn't have this reception had it been about avoiding assaults. Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #58

I Find It Depressing That I Agree With Your Second Paragraph ProfessorGAC Dec 2015 #60

Don’t put your self in the position of being attacked in the first place. etherealtruth Dec 2015 #7

I think you have a problem where your assume intent when there is none. CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #14

I understand that ... I fully believe that it may not be the intent of the article etherealtruth Dec 2015 #18

You do understand that a person's perceptions of the situations they encouter... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #26

You have chosen to squander an opportunity to learn etherealtruth Dec 2015 #28

^^That. All of that. Orrex Dec 2015 #29

Okay, let me get this staight.... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #34

Just stop and walk away... your arms must be getting tired. demmiblue Dec 2015 #35

You're a great writer whom nobody understands CreekDog Dec 2015 #84

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You appear to have a very poor understanding of when and how rape happens in the real world. LeftyMom Dec 2015 #15

Really, then why does the article say that a woman is most likely to be attacked by someone... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #19

Your introductory scenario is bad television. LeftyMom Dec 2015 #20

Please understand that these are notes I used to teach a women's self defense course... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #27

And now you're using sexist slurs when women disagree with you. LeftyMom Dec 2015 #30

Great reply Blecht Dec 2015 #43

so in a thread you started about women protecting themselves against sexual assault CreekDog Dec 2015 #89

"...to someone who is blissfully unaware that she could be a victim." demmiblue Dec 2015 #17

Women are always aware we could be a victim. Starry Messenger Dec 2015 #22

+1,000000000 etherealtruth Dec 2015 #24

I second that emotion. nt raccoon Dec 2015 #73

I have twenty five years of martial arts experience CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #31

How many times have you heard of women being attacked because they HABITUALLY Squinch Dec 2015 #40

You obviously haven't been watching many young people here lately CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #47

So, never. Squinch Dec 2015 #48

You don't have to be totally absorbed in your phone... one_voice Dec 2015 #147

Amazing, since you were all about "Poor guy, the girl hit him first" a little earlier this year Starry Messenger Dec 2015 #42

" people can get over what ever personal problems they have with the article .." Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #45

You got that right. raccoon Dec 2015 #92

BOOM Orrex Dec 2015 #114

+1 Starry Messenger Dec 2015 #148

Bam. Brickbat Dec 2015 #39

It seems women should be acting Rex Dec 2015 #69

when you start off with this mercuryblues Dec 2015 #32

Oooh ooh! I know the answer!!! Squinch Dec 2015 #37

I read the entire article justiceischeap Dec 2015 #33

Thanks for your intellegent and thoughtful comments. (n/t) CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #38

It appears that you were blissfully ignorant that you could be disagreed with for this. Squinch Dec 2015 #46

I liked being blissfully unaware that some of my fellow DU users are so easily offended. CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #49

Gosh. We all just refuse to learn from your superior knowledge, don't we? You're probably Squinch Dec 2015 #51

I'm a little slow apparently - I should have seen much earlier that you.... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #53

Not slow. I would say just blissfully ignorant. Like all them gals in high heels on the Squinch Dec 2015 #55

Smallish female here...and unoffended. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #56

Some here think self-defense takes responsibility away from the attacker davidn3600 Dec 2015 #61

Read the advice he is giving. Do you really think that women are doing the things he Squinch Dec 2015 #62

What specifically leads you to believe "some here" are living in fantasies? LanternWaste Dec 2015 #65

I think "some here" willfully misinterpret what is being said about teaching men not to rape justiceischeap Dec 2015 #79

True. You can't teach a rapist not to rape. They're rapists. Oneironaut Dec 2015 #150

I read the post twice. I can find nothing that remotely suggests that the victim is to blame. guillaumeb Dec 2015 #57

It suggests that a reasonable scenario leading to a woman being raped Squinch Dec 2015 #63

Also part of the article was a discussion of how people can guillaumeb Dec 2015 #64

When you develop a routine, do you ever develop a routine that would be obviously dangerous Squinch Dec 2015 #68

When you write about "obviously dangerous" routines, guillaumeb Dec 2015 #93

Do you see a lot of what the poster describes: women in high Squinch Dec 2015 #95

Then we must leave it at that. guillaumeb Dec 2015 #97

Where do you get paternalism? Squinch Dec 2015 #101

What if I like the feeling I get when I put a fork in the outlet? guillaumeb Dec 2015 #103

This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Dec 2015 #135

OK, I made a bad attempt at humor there, but self deleted because it didn't work. Squinch Dec 2015 #137

We all develop rountines that are potentially dangerous, no one is immune CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #96

None of which is what you described as what women do to make themselves vulnerable Squinch Dec 2015 #98

Cajun, you will have a difficult time talking about self-defense in DU. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #59

Yep, I can see that now, but .... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #72

It's not the form of SD. It's self-defense period. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #74

Well, you often can't blame people for a lack of understanding of things... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #81

you're saying that dozens of people who read your own writing misunderstood CreekDog Dec 2015 #105

Go count the individuals, not the number of their posts, who complaining again CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #109

Yes, that is exactly what he is saying. Squinch Dec 2015 #139

Perhaps posting in the Women's World Group LiberalElite Dec 2015 #145

apparently you think a discussion of guns is what's missing from this thread CreekDog Dec 2015 #104

Actually, You brought up guns. So it surely qualifies for GD, right? Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #107

We have mandatory sexual assault prevention training at work madville Dec 2015 #66

We do, too .... etherealtruth Dec 2015 #121

Looks like the master is getting schooled in DU 101. Rex Dec 2015 #67

I think that would be DU 101, real life isn't like this CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #76

Whoops, my mistake yeah I meant DU 101. Rex Dec 2015 #77

Yea, I've read some of your other posts... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #83

I knew as soon as I read the title Rex Dec 2015 #91

+1. DU is a message board that thinks it's not. closeupready Dec 2015 #111

I saw this thread going this way as soon as I read the title. Inkfreak Dec 2015 #70

I taught Karate for about 8 years and I hope someday to make time for that again CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #87

Hey...it's Steven Seagal. nt LexVegas Dec 2015 #71

You would never mistake me for Steven Seagal CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #75

All this thread needs now is a door buzzard. Orrex Dec 2015 #82

As you wish sarisataka Dec 2015 #85

A for effort... sarisataka Dec 2015 #86

I see your Marine Corp emblem CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #88

These days I'm a PFC sarisataka Dec 2015 #90

I was an Air Force officer myself CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #100

and you used the word b-word three times in this thread (you used the actual word) CreekDog Dec 2015 #102

First of all I don't think you meant to post this on this sub-thread CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #110

I posted it in the place I intended CreekDog Dec 2015 #116

Step 1: stop teaching men that rape is OK mwrguy Dec 2015 #94

lol - Exhibit A evidencing the foolishness of wading into gender issues closeupready Dec 2015 #99

I'm an middle aged guy and this article is just good advice. FLPanhandle Dec 2015 #106

There is among some here a hostility toward self-defense in general. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #108

No there isn't. There's a hostility towards suggesting that self defense can prevent all rapes CreekDog Dec 2015 #115

Wow! Cajun said SD could defend all rapes?? Problem solved! Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #118

Some are afraid sarisataka Dec 2015 #117

Results... Major Nikon Dec 2015 #112

I think it's the high heels thing... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #119

There's a lot to be said for a good pair of steel-toes Major Nikon Dec 2015 #120

Side benefit: Someone tries to stomp your foot. NT Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #152

The term "bitch" or "bitching" to describe criticism is derived from a sexist slur. LexVegas Dec 2015 #122

"see if you can determine what this women is doing wrong" beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #123

Well, it's been a real education CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #124

You haven't learned how to take responsibility, that much is clear Orrex Dec 2015 #125

And you are an athortity on this? Or you just defending your position yet again? CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #126

I can handle criticism of my writing, and I can admit error when I'm wrong. Orrex Dec 2015 #127

I don't tout this as my best work by any means; CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #130

My writing is not at issue here, but if you search DU, you'll find samples. Orrex Dec 2015 #140

What I have notice is that we both have trouble with continuing to argue long after... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #143

I've given you my frank appraisal, and still you attack. Orrex Dec 2015 #144

"Regards of your good intentions, you can be sure someone will find a way to be offended." Oneironaut Dec 2015 #151

K & R lovemydog Dec 2015 #128

On this we can certainly agree CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #132

Definitely. lovemydog Dec 2015 #134

I was trained and taught defenses against a knive and a gun, but... CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #142

CajunBlazer, I'm sorry you're being met lovemydog Dec 2015 #131

Thanks much for the kiind words. Happy New year to you as well! (n/t) CajunBlazer Dec 2015 #133

Sad to see good advice being met with so much hostility. Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #141

Thank You For a Helpful Post, Sorry Your Reward was To Be Attacked for It. Justina For Justice Dec 2015 #149