While we must teach boys & men to not assault women, self-defense training can move the needle by shifting men’s understanding of their place in the world & the wider conditions within which men make choices about violence & non-violence."
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What a sorry state we’re in where, instead of demanding normal adult boundaries & behavioral controls from men, we must focus on fight-training girls starting in early childhood
Our fear & disdain aren’t from societal bias: it‘s based on actual personal experience
What It Means for a Woman to Shout ‘No’
It’s not just about denial or self-protection. It’s about living a bigger life. #bluecrew www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
A bullying neighbor has made endless demands for my property to help their rental home revenues. They have even menaced me physically. I was so taken aback, that I stammered a defense verbally, which I now realize was enabling; this is what I should have done.
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www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/... But Impact’s founder, Gaeta, had no patience for the argument that to avoid victim blaming, women should not be taught to defend themselves. People say, “Well, we should make men be better,” she once told me. “How the fuck am I going to make men be better?”
When your are strong you are less likely to be assaulted. Weight training helps put a bounce in your step, take up space and makes it easier to say NO!
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