By: Grace Edra
A woman’s self defense classes are becoming more in demand
with the increasing numbers of women getting attacked and also the rise of
rapes attacks. During our Women
Studies 323 class, we had the opportunity to take RAD Workshop (The Rape
Awareness Defense). At first when
I saw that the RAD workshop was a part of the class schedule, I thought that it
was a random workshop to be taught in a Women Studies movement class and that my
peers would have not taken the workshop seriously. But, as the instructors
talked more about the program and how these classes saved plenty of women
life’s in hazardous situation, the class including I took this workshop very
seriously. I work at a nightclub
in downtown San Diego, and there are plenty of nights when I am petrified
walking alone to my car after my shift, which can be more than 3 blocks away. The RAD Workshop had given me plenty of
tips and moves that I can use to save myself in a really bad situation. This is such a practical workshop that
I have planned for my female coworkers and I to take a women’s self-defense
class. Some women may not have time or have the money to attend these classes,
but they do have instructional videos on YouTube and eHow.com that teaches
women the basic defense moves that they can learn for free. (http://www.ehow.com/video_4949014_womens-self-defense-neck-break.html)
Women are becoming the subject of attacks and abuse, both physically
and verbally, and “Taking Back the Night” is an amazing event for women who are
survivors of attacks and abuse, and they all come together to have a
voice. Survivors tell their story
and how it affected their life’s, and to also help others survive an attack or
on how to leave an abusive relationship.
In the Vagina Monologue, the monologue,” My Vagina Was My Village”
is a story about a women who survived a rape camp in Bosnia, and she also tells
her story and also how this event affected her life and her future.
