In Defense of Ourselves

Practical guide to coping with and avoiding victimization by learning to evaluate situations and to respond intelligently through emotional, physical and verbal self defense methods that can be practiced and internalized
"In Defense of Ourselves is a book that will make women feel safer on
the streets or when home alone. As a practical guide to help women cope
with, and hopefully avoid, attack of any sort, this book deals with
emotional readiness (how to overcome feeling helpless or being polite
when someone makes an unwelcome advance) as well as the physical ability
to defend ourselves. For example, the authors cover voice and body
stance, and they provide physical exercises (with step-by-step
instructions and accompanying photographs) that you can do to be
prepared for any attacker. But nowhere does this book say that you have
to fight back or react in a specific way in every case - it simply gives
you the knowledge and confidence to evaluate each situation and respond
intelligently."--Back cover.