20 Ways To Keep Yourself Safe From Sexual Assault

20 Ways To Keep Yourself Safe Here are 20 tips that may help you protect yourself from becoming a victim of sexual assault. -          1. Try not to isolate yourself or your location Day or night when you are alone you are much more vulnerable. Mace spray may be your best protection if you do [...]

Stun Guns: Compact Personal Security for All Situations

Statistics reveal that every 2.5 minutes a woman or a minor falls victim to sexual assault in America. Another important truth that gets revealed by the stats indicate that almost 44% of rape victims are below 18 years of age and 80% of the victims are under age 30. If you are fortunate enough to [...]

Trauma and Dating Violence Common Among Troubled Teens

Sexual abuse is any type of sexual activity to which you have not consented.  It may involve pressure to consent, the use of force, violence, or bodily injuries.  Being under the influence of alcohol or drugs and not being able to truly consent to sexual activity is considered sexual assault as well. Stalking is a [...]

Spousal Abuse And Criminal Charges

Being accused of spousal abuse is a very serious matter. A husband or wife who has been arrested for spousal abuse not only faces the possibility of conviction, but also the chance of having his or her personal and professional reputation forever tarnished by criminal charges. A person accused of domestic violence may be found [...]

“Survivors In Action” – Last Resort For Victims Of Violence

Survivors In Action – A national interactive victims of crime non-profit organization is now picking up where other organizations and coalitions have failed. Now, that Governor Schwarzenegger has cut all funding for domestic violence programs, SIA will with open arms, handle the fallout.  Survivors In Action is not your “typical” dv organization. SIA takes pride [...]

Womens Self Defense – Handy Tools To Protect Yourself

Woman has constantly been regarded as an object of desire by the male counterpart. When they translate this in to action it becomes a volatile state of affairs.  There can be cases of rape, sexual assault and stalking. If this conception is unobserved in the brain of men then things do not take serious shape. [...]

Women’S Self Defense 101

Women’s Self Defense 101 There has been a great deal written about the topic of self defense and how it pertains to women. There is also a great deal of debate and misconception around what constitutes “Self Defense”. True self defense is much more than just personal protection and learning a set of techniques [...]

Know About Fatal Club Drugs

Club drugs are psychoactive compounds that are abused by teens and young adults at night clubs, raves or trance scenes. These drugs became popular first in UK in 1970. According to MTF survey 2007, 0.7% students abused GHB, 1% abused Ketamine, and 0.5% students abused Rohypnol in the eighth standard. Some club drugs are [...]

3 Devastating Effects of Domestic Violence

It is almost hard to fully comprehend effects of domestic violence can have on anyone and anything that crosses its path. The destructive force as well as the corrosiveness can impact a family community or even entire counties. That last one is not an exaggeration. Any country that turns a blind eye to it [...]

Domestic Violence And Rape

When a man loves a woman he expresses it in various ways; the ultimate expression of his feelings of love would be the physical act of love making. When this same physical act of love is turned on its head and used as a weapon to express hate, it speaks for the extreme depths [...]

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