Dear Friend:

The statistics on violence against women are staggering - even as overwhelming. Often, women are thought of as the weaker sex, unable to defend themselves effectively against a strong male attacker. It's this kind of thinking that hurt women.

The truth is that women CAN and SHOULD fight back once they are threatened. It takes a lot of courageousness to fight back, though, and galore myths exist regarding women's self-defense training. These myths include: