Women Self Defense Programs

Molestation and rape cases exist to be a major social problem. Rape news continues to be in the headlines with fuming reactions and demonstrations. Other than punishing the victims nothing more can be done to heal the physical and mental wounds of the victims. Rape has happened for centuries but now women don't need to keep silence. According to the National Crime Victimization Survey statistics, somewhere in America, a woman is raped or sexually assaulted every two minutes. Isn't this reality a shame to our society. These are the reported crimes, many sex crimes go unreported. The most common reasons given by women for not reporting these crimes are the belief that it is a private personal matter, stigma attached with this crime, fear of the oppressor or save the oppressor who is unfortunately a family member. By all accounts, rape is still one of the most under reported crimes.

Jerry Mathis , a Liberty University police officer is encouraging women to undergo a self defense training program (rape aggression defense). He is taking additional efforts to promote this program because of a personal tragedy in which his stepdaughter was abducted, robbed and raped. He wants to protect women from becoming a next rape victim. Self defense training programs can be a help in such an unexpected stressful situation.

The 30 hours self defense training sessions' certification program that will teach women, plain and simple techniques to escape and flee safely. This program will instill more confidence in women and reduce the fear of rape. The attendees are mostly sheriffs from different police departments. Each trained women will be responsible to train 10 women, the art of self defense. Even two male officers James Rook and Kevin Singleton with the Lynchburg Police Department, are taking this training with an intention to become self defense trainers.

All women should receive some formal training to defend themselves when attacked to rape them. The self defense programs will physically and mentally empower them reducing brutal rape cases. Parents should encourage their daughters to receive such formal trainings as a weapon to make their lives more protected.

How to empower children and minor girls from these brutal attempts is still an unresolved issue. Can these self defense training programs help them to fight back in a rape situation?