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Exercising our rights: women, violence and freedom : Comments
By Evelyn Tsitas, published 25/3/2015When an act of terrorism occurs, the message from authorities after the dust has settled is loud and clear – do not change the way you live, do not give into fear. That way the terrorists will have won.
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Posted by Killarney, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 5:39:02 PM
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Killarney,
What I'm stuck in is the survival of the victim and that often means overcoming them if escape is not an option. The 70 year old woman can't outrun the 20 year old attacker. So how could she defend herself, as I said also ringing 000 is not much of an option. The 20 year old intends to murder her, that is obvious to her. Posted by Is Mise, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 7:08:58 PM
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Is Mise
You're starting to get weird. I thought you wanted to discuss self-defence, but you seem to want to validate the hegemony of brute force. According to what I perceive to be your premise, anyone who is not a predatory, macho-male brute in the prime of life has virtually no chance of getting out of a dangerous situation alive. If that were true, I would not be alive today. (Perhaps several OLO posters would be happy with that prospect, but that's not the issue right now.) Posted by Killarney, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 10:25:34 PM
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Killarney,
Is it brute force if a 70 year old woman kills a 20 year old male who intends to kill her? Don't tell me that older women have never been attacked and murdered as well as young ones. Posted by Is Mise, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 11:04:54 AM
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Hey Killarney,
What is your gender studies gobbley-gook's take on the woman in Albanvale arrested TODAY for killing an elderly man and a young child. Self-defence? And the mother in Cairns who committed the greatest massacre of children in Australian history less than 6 months ago? Surely feminist theory must have some strange Marxist theory to explain it? Posted by rogindon, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 7:07:28 PM
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@Rogindon @ Killarney
"What is your gender studies gobbley-gook's take on the woman in Albanvale arrested TODAY for killing an elderly man and a young child. Self-defence? And the mother in Cairns who committed the greatest massacre of children in Australian history less than 6 months ago?" Courtesy of 9 News Perth, here's another example of a woman in action and she ain't your demure frightened little innocent woman you see in domestic violence ads: http://tinyurl.com/l8d8hor Posted by Roscop, Thursday, 2 April 2015 12:32:53 AM
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You seem to be stuck in dominance-submission thinking. Self-defence is not about 'overcoming' your attacker. It's about using whatever means you can - physical and mental - to neutralise the situation and/or give yourself vital seconds that might help you escape.