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| Written by Shasta Daisy McCarty | |
| Tuesday, 04 November 2008 | |
If you are placed in a position of having to defend yourself and your life is not in immediate danger, make sure your response is in proportion to the offense. If a guy pinches you on the bottom and you turn around and stick a fork in his eye you will be charged with assault and you will go to jail. Good luck getting a job in this economy with a prison record! If you are sued for civil damages you could be faced with penalties that will ruin your finances as well.
 Does this mean every man on the street gets a free grope? Absolutely not! You can generally extract a price for unsolicited touching by scaring the heck out of the casual perpetrator. We have a saying in self defense circles "The good people are afraid of the bad people; the bad people are afraid of the crazy people." Having a frothing at the mouth fit of screaming rage is not against the law. I recommend using your full lung capacity as your first line of defense if you are being harassed on the street. In indoor situations where there are witnesses it is best to use de-escalation whenever possible. Leaving is better than sticking around to talk, and talking is better than fighting. However, don't make the mistake of thinking that having other people around will stop a determined assailant. At one company I worked for, an ex-boyfriend of a female employee showed up during the late shift and beat the woman's head repeatedly into her keyboard while half a dozen people stood by and watched. In cases like this the only thing witnesses are good for is vouching to the police that you tried to stop an attack using the least amount of force possible. If you are attacked and have to defend yourself when there are no witnesses present you should cooperate fully with law enforcement as soon as your lawyer arrives on the scene. Let me repeat that. Once your lawyer is present you can make your report to the police about what transpired. You should abandon any idea that a judge will look at your teary face with pity and pronounce that you acted in self defense. That is a chance you can't afford to take. Unfortunately, the most common legal consequences for women fall under the category of spousal assault. The accurate but politically charged description "wife beating" has now been changed to the more vague term "domestic violence". Many police officers are now required to treat victim and perpetrator as equal participants in domestic violence situations if there is any physical evidence that a woman has defended herself from assault by a husband or boyfriend. Abusers are using this policy to further threaten women into submission since no mother wants to have her kids put in foster care while she is trying to make bail. There aren't any easy answers for how to deal with this type of problem, but the sooner you start making plans to get out the sooner you can get your life back. Start by talking to someone you can trust or call a national hotline such as 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). There is help available for you. Share this Article:         |
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