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From: features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: "Mr. Goodbar" and self-dislike
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 14:33:12 EST
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Sherry Marts brings up an interesting point here:
that the women who attend self-defense classes have to first
learn that they are worth defending!

Chimera (a Chicago-based self-defense group) came to Bell Labs to
give a one-evening presentation on self-defense.  The instructor
said something along those same lines.  Too often we don't feel
we're worthy enough to repel attack.  The instructor went on to
say that we *can* get angry if someone tries to attack someone 
close to us (mother, sister, daughter, close friend) and that
if we can just imagine ourselves as one of those people, we can
then use that energy to defend ourselves.

I do find it easier to defend other people than to defend myself,
as a rule.  I think the Chimera instructor was correct.
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