Have you ever had to use your pepper spray on someone?

[heavenonearth]

If they assaulted you. Was it effective? Any other self-defense method you've used?

[Anonymous]

Yes I have. Some Men and women don't know the meaning of personal space and they think they can put their hand on you just because they find you attractive.

I've used my mace plenty of times out in public. The worst was when I had to take the bus to go to campus. A man kept hitting on mean heavily, and flirting with me. I asked him to leave me alone and then just started ignoring him. He became furious and started shaking me and screaming at me. NO ONE HELPED ME! everyone on the bus just stared. I had to mace him. Thankfully he fell to the ground and it got him to stop. He called me a "crazy B****" but he left me alone and I never saw him again after that. That situation could have been much worse than it was. I made sure to file a police report.

I've maced me for groping me, or sticking their hands in between my legs. I've also been sexually assaulted by women. A woman grabbed my breasts in the locker room of a gym, I punched her and told one of the gym staff members, Nothing was done about it though.

The worse part is, when these things happen to you, No one helps, and NO ONE CARES. Everyone thinks, you were asking for it, or YOU MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING, to invite these men and women to sexually assault you.

If a someone is violating you, its not THEIR FAULT, ITS YOURS!.

You must have been wearing something that made them assault you.

You must have been to mean that made them assault you

You must have been too nice that gave them the wrong impression to insult you

You must have been at the wrong place/time that made them assault you

You should have expected that they were going to assault you

No one cares about your safety especially if its another woman who sexually violates you. I make sure to be prepared at all time. I carry mace, I carry a knife, I know self defense, and I'm looking into getting a gun. I'm always on guard, you have to be. Especially when society is on the rapists side, if something DOES happen to you. There are no amount of precautions that you can take that makes the rapist responsible in our society. My heart goes out to the MEN who are sexually assaulted/raped and get no justice.

I make sure to file a report and give a clear description if an incident occurs. I know nothing will happen, but Men and Women need to know that sexual assault isn't okay and that there will be consequences for violating the safety and rights of others.

Women Protect yourselves!

Men YOU ALSO NEED TO PROTECT YOURSELF, just because your a man does NOT mean that you CAN'T be a victim.

[BlueSJ]

I usually try to solve my problems wisely,

avoiding any fights. I'm not physically strong after all,

and there are situations where fighting isn't

necessary, better use your brain.

But I usually have a perfume inside my handbag,

not a pepper spray. It works though. xD

And for some reason, there's always an umbrella in my bag too lol.

I guess it's a good weapon, if used properly. xD

I live in a safe place, fortunately, there're guards everywhere,

who keep everybody in the university in line. So I don't need this.

But sometimes when our college holds exams in late hours (after 5 PM),

and I can't find my friends to go back to the dorms together, I have to walk alone.

It's kinda scary. But when I sense some kind of danger, I take my umbrella out,

and I start running very fast, I'm good in that (one of my hobbies xD).

[blackwaterhattie]

When I was tending bar I had a guy reach behind the counter and start trying to open the cash register. I whacked him on his hand with a cue ball in a Crown Royal bag. HARD. He wailed for a minute and then he left. Later I found out that he is the brother of the guy who owned the bar- you know, my boss? Yeah. But I didn't know that, and frankly I doubt their paternity because my boss and his brother didn't look a thing alike. Anyway, my boss told me that I broke his brother's hand. I did not get fired. I guess my boss might doubt his brother's paternity, too.

I have never gotten to mace anyone, or taser anyone either- but I'm still (relatively) young.

[Aizou]

Well first time some guy tried to steal

my friends phone, I ran him down and he

pulled a knife on me, so I hurt his arm.

Second time a group of guys

was messing with a friend, pushing

her around and made her fall, I didn't

want to just stand around and look, so

I butted in, and they turned on me

instead, I locked down one of the

guys in such a way that I could've

broken his arm, and this made

them stop, fortunately.

I just can't stand still and

do nothing when people are being idiots ^.~

[Alessus]

I have never brought a weapon or other such thing with me into a confrontation, though I have used weapons provided to me by my enemies in rare cases. Other than that though, I rely on my bare hands for self defence and so far I've yet to be majorly ineffective with this method.

[Aizou]

I'm assuming you mean girls, but yes

my hand has been forced, two times ^.~

[heavenonearth]

Girls or guys is fine. What happened?

[Aizou]

ops, meant to comment that ^.~

[aMuse]

I like to put a little bit on my grilled stuffed burrito from time to time. It keeps things interesting.

[Blobb]

Nope. I use words, eye contact and running the f*** away. It's worked great so far :D:D

[Anonymous]

Yes many times