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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's when they would lose a finger.

Always amazes me that a woman wouldn't do something. At least scream and kick them in the nuts as hard as you can.[/quote]

Many times when this has happened to me, I was unable to process what was happening until it was over, at which point you don't feel like you can do anything because (1) you'd have to convince people that what just happen did in fact happen, and (2) they are no longer touching you so the problem has been "solved".

People have heard of "fight or flight" but another very common response to attack is "freeze". That's what I do. Partly because I'm shocked by what's happening, but also because I've been conditioned since I was very young to be polite -- don't yell, don't make other people uncomfortable. So when I've been groped, a very common reaction from me is to freeze my body and smile. It's not because I'm happy, it's like playing dead in as pleasant and inoffensive a way as possible.

I am teaching my daughter that when someone touches her without her consent, she is always empowered to say "Don't touch me!" as loud as she can. Even to me or her dad. We basically train these survival instincts out of young women, it's terrible.[/quote]

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