”THROUGH A RAPIST’S EYES” (PLS TAKE TIME TO READ THIS. it may save a life.) Reblog this!
It seems that alot of attackers use some tactic to get away with violence. Not many people know how to take care of themselves when faced with such a
situation. Everyone should read this especially each n every girl in this world. THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD INFO TO PASS ALONG…
FYI - Through a rapist’s eyes! 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 second 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 to cut clothing.
3] They also look for women using their cell phone, searching through their purse or doing other activities while walking because they are off guard and can be easily overpowered.
4] The number one place women are abducted from / attacked at is grocery store parking lots.
5] Number two is office parking lots/garages.
6] Number three is public restrooms.
7] The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a woman and quickly move her to a second location where they don’t have to worry about getting caught.
8] If you put 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.
10] 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.
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POINTS THAT WE SHOULD REMEMBER:
1] 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:
can’t believe it is so cold out here, we’re in for a bad winter. Now that you’ve seen their faces and could identify them in a line- up, you lose appeal as a target.
2] If someone is coming toward you, 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.
3] 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.
4] If someone grabs you, you can’t beat them with strength but you can do it 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 - 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 yourself in those places as hard as you can stand it; it really hurts.
5] 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 him a lot of trouble. Start causing trouble, and he’s out of there.
6] 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.
7] 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. You may feel
little silly at the time, but you’d feel much worse if the guy really was trouble.
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FINALLY, PLEASE REMEMBER THESE AS WELL ….
I know you are smart enough to know these pointers but there will be some, where you will go “hmm I must remember that” After reading forward it to someone you care about, never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do it.
2. Learned this from a tourist guide to New Orleans : if a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you…. chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or
purse than you and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car: Kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won’t see you but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping,eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON’T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side,put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU CLOSE the DOORS , LEAVE.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
a. Be aware: look around your car as someone may be
hiding at the passenger side , peek into your car, inside the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. ( DO THIS TOO BEFORE RIDING A TAXI CAB) .
b. If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
c. Look at the car parked on the driver’s side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked “for help” into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it’s better safe than sorry.
DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT NOT REBLOGGING THIS! IT COULD ACTUALLY SAVE A LIFE.
this is so important, BUT HERE’S ANOTHER THING- i know a girl who was out shopping with her friend. They went into a lift (elevator) and a man went in too. When the doors closed, he stopped the lift with an emergency stop button and molested one of the girls, while her friend watched. They couldn’t do anything because they were in a lift with no one around. SO SOMETIMES THE LIFT ISN’T ALWAYS THE WISER OPTION!!!
This is Tom Hiddleston. Beautiful, attractive, healthy, perfect man… right?
Wrong.
Tom Hiddleston has a problem.
In 2011, a movie was released in which Tom played the character Loki. Loki is a Norse god of mischief, and the main antagonist in Thor and the recently released film, The Avengers. He does an absolutely fantastic job in both movies, but there’s just one problem.
Tom has been unable to get out of character ever since.
Please reblog to bring awareness to this man. We may not be able to save him, but we can at least show him our support.
THIS WILL NOT MAKE YOUR BLOG UGLY.
In fact, it will make it the complete opposite because holy fuck are you kidding me look at this goddamn guy.
We will fight to the death.
Something About Me.
Something to know about me is that when I get extremely exhausted, I become way too emotional and I cannot function around too many people. Friday I was up all day, until about 2:00 AM, and then Saturday, after four hours of sleep, got up a bit before six and was going-going-going ALL day until about midnight last night. So today, I was in sacrament, and it wasn’t really a good day to begin with, because of all that’s going on with me and my depression, so when I started to cry I knew I needed to get out of there.
So yeah. Sitting at home, trying to relax and not be emotional, desperately needing a nap but can’t sleep. Oh, and I’m supposed to go to this big family party thing later that I really don’t think I can handle today. At least it’s Sunday. And I got to go to sacrament meeting. =]
Anonymous asked: I love Sarah Dessen books!! :)
They are pretty great, aren’t they? I love them when I’m looking for something light to read, just to get away from everything. =]
Books
So I’m reading Sarah Dessen’s newest book, “What Happened to Goodbye”, and it’s like, my life right now. Not all the moving around, but what the main character is going through. I feel like it’s not at all coincidence that I randomly decided to finally read it now.
Life Goes On
Okay, so yesterday I was a trainwreck. Seriously. I was so depressed and overly emotional when I shouldn’t be and I just wanted to sit in my room and cry and feel bad for myself, and not go to my friend’s house and whatever. But I knew that it was only satan, attempting (with his best efforts) to keep me from going to my friend’s house because he knew that if I didn’t go there, there was a chance I might not go to the temple, which I had planned for today.
so I went to my friend’s house, and we went to one of her school things, since she’s graduating and it was like an award ceremony and whatnot, and it’s my first high school so I saw a bunch of people I hadn’t seen in like, three years. In some cases that was really good, seeing them again. But for most, it was not. They just wondered why I was crashing.
But then my friend and I went to the beach at like 10:00 pm, because we could and felt like being spontaneous, and what started as a random walk down the beach became this really emotional, really deep conversation/confessional where I told her all about what was going on with me and my depression, which i had not told anybody out loud before, besides my mother. Which somehow doesn’t really count.
My point is, I told her. I told someone. I showed her my scars. I told her that it was still going on, I still wasn’t okay, but at the same time, I am okay. And the best thing was, she didn’t care. She didn’t care that I told her I hated myself, or that I harmed myself. She just kept supporting me and telling me that she was there for me whenever I needed her, no matter what. She kept repeating this, and I finally listened, and I realized. She cares. I have one of those friends that would do anything for me. I could call her in the middle of the night and she would come if I needed her to.
So yeah, I’m okay, but I’m not okay. I’ve got depression issues. Self-esteem issues, and self-harm issues. I honestly believed none of my friends actually cared. And maybe most of them don’t. But now I know for sure that one does. And it means the world to me. It means it’s not hopeless. And I will continue to live my life, and get through this, with those people who really care about me.
And I got to go the temple today, and it was AMAZING and so refreshing. Everytime I Walk in there, I don’t have to worry about anything going on in the real world. It’s just me doing baptisms for the dead, and everything is okay. And then I got to go to Ikea and pretend to live in an apartment that was really cool =P And then I babysat for two of the sweetest little girls I’ve ever met.
Life is good. Life is great. I just need to keep myself from being idle, in order to keep myself from getting to those low points that are dangerous to me. =]
Robert Downey Jr. wants to teach you math!
Robert Downey Jr. has been all over the publicity circuit to hype up The Avengers. Browsing his various photo ops, we noticed an unexpected constant: When waving to crowds or paparazzi, RDJ often holds up a different number of fingers. Is this a signal? Is he silently alerting us to his prediction for his film’s worldwide box office, in billions? No, we have decided that what he’s actually doing is using his red carpet time to also teach today’s grade schoolers how to do simple arithmetic. By combining some of his brandished numbers, you get a wonderful math primer that kids can learn from … while also begging their parents to take them to see The Avengers, in 3-D! Sesame Street has nothing on Iron Man.
(Source: New York Magazine - Vulture)
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