Through a Rapist's Eyes (No Joke)

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Through a Rapist's Eyes (No Joke)

 

This is important information for females of ALL ages. Guys - please

forward to the female members of your family and all your female friends and

associates.

 

When this was sent to me, I was told to forward it to my lady friends. I

forwarded it to most everyone in my address book. My male friends have

female friends and this information is too important to miss someone. Please

pass it along.

 

A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewed on what they

look for in a potential victim and here are some interesting facts:

 

1) The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle. They

are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun, braid or other

hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely to go after a

woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not common targets.

 

2) The sec ond thing men look for is clothing. They will look for women who's

clothing is easy to remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors around

specifically to cut clothing.

 

3) They also look for women on their cell phone, searching through their

purse or doing other activities while walking because they are off guard and

can be easily overpowered.

 

4) Men are most likely to attack & rape in the early morning, between

5:00a.m. and 8:30a.m.

 

5) The number one place women are abducted from/attacked is grocery store

parking lots. Number two is office parking lots/garages. Number three is

public restrooms.

 

6) The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a woman and

quickly move her to another location where they don't have to worry about

getting caught.

 

7) Only 2% said they carried weapons because rape carries a 3-5 year

sentence but rape with a weapon is 15-20 years.

 

8) If you p ut up any kind of a fight at all, they get discouraged because it

only takes a minute or two for them to realize that going after you isn't

worth it because it will be time-consuming.

 

9) These men said they would not pick on women who have umbrellas, or other

similar objects that can be used from a distance, in their hands.

 

Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the

attacker to use them as a weapon. So, the idea is to convince these guys

you're not worth it.

 

10) Several defense mechanisms he taught us are: If someone is following

behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in an elevator or

stairwell, look them in the face and ask them a question, like what time is

it, or make general small talk: " I can't believe it is so cold out here " ,

" we're in for a bad winter. " Now you've seen their face and could identify

them in a line-up; you lose appeal as a target.

 

11) If someone is coming toward yo u, hold out your hands in front of you and

yell STOP or STAY BACK ! Most of the rapists this man talked to said they'd

leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she would not be afraid to

fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target.

 

12) If you carry pepper spray (this instructor was a huge advocate of it and

carries it with him wherever he goes), yelling I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY and

holding it out will be a deterrent.

 

13) If someone grabs you, you can't beat them with strength but you can by

outsmarting them. If you are grabbed around the waist from behind, pinch the

attacker either under the arm (between the elbow and armpit) OR in the

upper inner thigh VERY VERY HARD. One woman in a class this guy taught told

him she used the underarm pinch on a guy who was trying to date rape her and

was so upset she broke through the skin and tore out muscle strands - the

guy needed stitches.

 

Try pinching yourse lf in those places as hard as you can stand it; it hurts.

 

14) After the initial hit, always GO for the GROIN. I know from a

particularly unfortunate experience that if you slap a guy's parts it is

extremely painful. You might think that you'll anger the guy and make him

want to hurt you more, but the thing these rapists told our instructor is

that they want a woman who will not cause a lot of trouble. Start causing

trouble, and he's out of there.

 

15) When the guy puts his hands up to you, grab his first two fingers and

bend them back as far as possible with as much pressure pushing down on them

as possible. The instructor did it to me without using much pressure, and I

ended up on my knees and both knuckles cracked audibly.

 

16) Of course the things we always hear still apply. Always be aware of your

surroundings, take someone with you if you can and if you see any odd

behavior, don't dismiss it, go with your instincts!!!

 

Yo u may feel a little silly at the time, but you'd feel much worse if the

guy really was trouble.

 

PLEASE READ THEN FORWARD THIS TO EVERY WOMAN YOU KNOW. IT'S

SIMPLE STUFF BUT IT COULD SAVE HER LIFE

 

 

Judy