http://unclenorman.com/2008/12/05/staying-safe-1-prevention/ Sat, 19 May 2012 17:02:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://unclenorman.com/2008/12/05/staying-safe-1-prevention/#comment-2754 havingmycake Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:19:46 +0000 http://unclenorman.com/2008/12/05/staying-safe-1-prevention/#comment-2754 The best self defence course I ever went on focussed almost exclusively on the above - not being in the situation in the first place. It was an all-woman course and we all thought we were pretty sensible but just having stuff pointed out that we'd never thought of - like locking the doors as soon as you get into the car, not overloading ourselves with shopping and then trying to get into our cars in a dark car park, not looking like a victim. I know it sounds thick but, as women, we often just dont think outside of the box because we are so fixated with getting as much done in as little time as possible. Thank you for these great reminders. The best self defence course I ever went on focussed almost exclusively on the above - not being in the situation in the first place. It was an all-woman course and we all thought we were pretty sensible but just having stuff pointed out that we’d never thought of - like locking the doors as soon as you get into the car, not overloading ourselves with shopping and then trying to get into our cars in a dark car park, not looking like a victim. I know it sounds thick but, as women, we often just dont think outside of the box because we are so fixated with getting as much done in as little time as possible. Thank you for these great reminders.

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