Comments for The Women's Personal Safety Network http://www.thewpsn.com Ending Violence Against Women Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:56:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Always Fight Back! by admin http://www.thewpsn.com/index.php/2009/07/always-fight-back/comment-page-1/#comment-6 admin Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:56:31 +0000 http://www.thewpsn.com/?p=87#comment-6 Thanks for sharing the statistics with everyone Gretchen. Thanks for sharing the statistics with everyone Gretchen.

]]> Comment on Welcome to the new WPSN Community by Sheila Johnson http://www.thewpsn.com/index.php/2009/06/welcome-to-the-new-wpsn/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Sheila Johnson Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:11:42 +0000 http://thewpsn.com/?p=14#comment-3 I thank God for EPS Systems posting this website and having classes for women to train and teach them about protecting themselves. God will Bless this ministry and women around the world will be safer and more educated. God Bless The Johnson Family I thank God for EPS Systems posting this website and having classes for women to train and teach them about protecting themselves.

God will Bless this ministry and women around the world will be safer and more educated.

God Bless
The Johnson Family

]]> Comment on See us on WUSA Channel 9 by Ernesto Toppin - Taliba Laweyzi http://www.thewpsn.com/index.php/2009/07/see-us-on-wusa-channel-9/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Ernesto Toppin - Taliba Laweyzi Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:54:46 +0000 http://www.thewpsn.com/?p=73#comment-2 The sight is very informative and I will be sure to refer it to as many people as possible in order to get the information out! What you have here is very much needed. Gunny & Niyi The sight is very informative and I will be sure to refer it to as many people as possible in order to get the information out! What you have here is very much needed.
Gunny & Niyi

]]> Comment on Always Fight Back! by gretchen small http://www.thewpsn.com/index.php/2009/07/always-fight-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1 gretchen small Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:58:16 +0000 http://www.thewpsn.com/?p=87#comment-1 research studies mostly show that only about 2% of rapists are the sociopathic predators that intend to torture/kill victims and are excited by victim' struggles. the rest are looking for a victim who will enhance his sense of power by fear and submission. fighting back may increase risk of more serious harm with that minority of sociopathic type of predator......but given that they are a very small percentage of rapists, and with the "average" rapist being driven off in 70% (or more) of the cases when the victim fights back.....simple math is that it is far better to fight back....in spite of the common "wisdom" that to fight back increases the risk of "angering" the rapist and making him more likely to kill or seriously injure/torture his victim. the average rapist commits 12 forcible rapes before being caught....and the on average, serves 2 years in prison, and in 60+% of cases is subsequently re-arrested on another rape. how much misery would be avoided if the first victim disabled her attacker? (when i get my books and papers unpacked in the next month or so, i will be able to quote my sources) gretchen research studies mostly show that only about 2% of rapists are the sociopathic predators that intend to torture/kill victims and are excited by victim’ struggles. the rest are looking for a victim who will enhance his sense of power by fear and submission.

fighting back may increase risk of more serious harm with that minority of sociopathic type of predator……but given that they are a very small percentage of rapists, and with the “average” rapist being driven off in 70% (or more) of the cases when the victim fights back…..simple math is that it is far better to fight back….in spite of the common “wisdom” that to fight back increases the risk of “angering” the rapist and making him more likely to kill or seriously injure/torture his victim.

the average rapist commits 12 forcible rapes before being caught….and the on average, serves 2 years in prison, and in 60+% of cases is subsequently re-arrested on another rape. how much misery would be avoided if the first victim disabled her attacker?
(when i get my books and papers unpacked in the next month or so, i will be able to quote my sources)

gretchen

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