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In reply to the discussion: A man was harassing a woman in the elevator. See what she did.♥️ [View all]chowmama
(1,044 posts)And if staged/AI, it's a good training example.
He went from harassment to assault quickly and wasn't going to back off on his own. Small room, no escape, nobody coming to help. In self-defense classes, women are told to do whatever it takes to get free and able to escape and then run like hell. That's what she did.
She had no idea what he might have been on. She had no idea if he was armed with a gun or a garrote, duct tape, zip ties, or handcuffs. She had to incapacitate him until the doors opened. If they're delayed or jammed, and he starts to recover, she's dead. He's now aware that she'll fight, so she's lost the element of surprise. He's going to fight her as if she were a man; likely he has a longer reach and more muscle mass to do it with. Not many people have the expertise to counteract those advantages. And he's now pissed as hell, with all the corresponding adrenaline. Adrenaline can temporarily dull pain, for him as well as for her.
If those doors hadn't opened, she'd have been within her rights to go further.
