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In reply to the discussion: A man was harassing a woman in the elevator. See what she did.♥️ [View all]Hope22
(4,584 posts)218. She was always at risk of him strangling her. Taller/ heavier
She had to lay him out or retaliation could have been fatal for her. From the looks she has had solid self defense instruction. This would not have been the outcome for many women / girls.
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life can be challenging when you think with your dick. and so many of them do nt
orleans
Friday
#167
He was immobilized after the kick to his crotch. The knee to his head was overkill.
PeaceWave
Friday
#9
How was she to know that? I would have been scared to death that he would attack again in that closed space.
AnotherMother4Peace
Friday
#15
He never raised his head again after the kick to the crotch. He clearly was no longer a threat.
PeaceWave
Friday
#32
Bet you that those who are trying to give the assaulter protection are not female.
efhmc
Friday
#102
IMO if she stopped short of debilitating him until the doors opened, this story would have a different ending.
Hope22
Yesterday
#220
No it wasn't and her defense was exactly as women are trained to do when being assaulted
ms liberty
Friday
#120
The legal standard for self-defense allows individuals to use "reasonable, proportional force."
PeaceWave
Friday
#14
Is there a legal limit on beating a potential rapist to the floor? I saw no blood, body parts were still attached
irisblue
Friday
#23
Unlimited aggression would have been empting a full magazine on his self entitled ass.
Attilatheblond
Yesterday
#212
"If she had killed him for it, she would have been justified." - Sorry, but no, she would not have been justified.
PeaceWave
Friday
#75
No. I'm right and no amount of being upset at me (for raising the point) or the legal system (for being what it is)...
PeaceWave
Friday
#86
If you are in that situation, you have every reason to believe someone is going to try and rape you.
FascismIsDeath
Yesterday
#189
Not sure about this because she would surely have been in fear of her life. He assaulted her by
PatrickforB
Friday
#154
Well, if that had gone to trial and she was in the dock on assault charges, and I were on the jury...
Jedi Guy
Friday
#178
I don't think so. A man is bigger and stronger than a woman, so she would be justified in fearing that if she didn't
tblue37
Yesterday
#184
A women who was assaulted in a confined space she cannot readily retreat from can/should use all the force she can
Attilatheblond
Yesterday
#206
Golly, maybe if he had smiled more she wouldn't have felt the need to fiercely defend herself until she could escape
Attilatheblond
Yesterday
#210
She really dealt with that assaulter but hope she also called security and police to protect other less capable women.
MLAA
Friday
#6
There is a (possibly apocryphal) story from many years ago in the London tube
dickthegrouch
Friday
#55
Good for her. He has no business putting hands on her. She did excellent. Don't minimize.
Srkdqltr
Friday
#79
well, i guess i could smile at the camera next time i'm in an elevator -- but i don't think it'll show up very good
orleans
Friday
#168
Looks fake to me. There's a lot of this stuff getting posted in the "reels"
Liberal In Texas
Friday
#107
It's fake. They're both amateur actors. Made to be click-bait and passed all over social media.
Liberal In Texas
Friday
#149
Fake or not, if only something like that had happened to a convicted 34-count...
the nelm
Friday
#170
And if he came at her again when her back was against the wall, she could have been trapped.
ShazzieB
Friday
#151
My point is that most people want to see who is lurking around behind them.
Omnipresent
Yesterday
#193
She was in an enclosed space with someone making unwanted advances, with no way to know how far he was going
DFW
Friday
#146
