If you were defending yourself and your child...

sandra063

I was reading an article my brother in law sent me about a woman who stopped a rapist by squeezing his testicles once he removed his clothing...........which got me thinking... 

 

If you and/or your child were being attacked by a rapist and you managed to grab a hold of his testicles, how hard would you squeeze? 

 

and what effect do you think this would have on your attacker if you were to decide on not letting go of them?

BankerBSN

I would squeeze till it burst.  The pain with that would stop him dead in his tracks.

seventhumbs

I would like to think I could do that, but who knows what I would actually do in the moment. That woman is a badass though.

catmagick

BankerBSN said:

I would squeeze till it burst.  The pain with that would stop him dead in his tracks.

This. Exactly! Fuck that rapist asshole!

TravelingCouple

BankerBSN said:

I would squeeze till it burst.  The pain with that would stop him dead in his tracks.

Yup, keep squeezing until he passed out from the pain. Then I might give him a few hard kicks in the face before I run.

EmilyA724

DarcyHermione said:

GhostMonkey said:

Except that could also send them into a rage and what was going to be a rape could turn into a murder.

Any time I have taken a self defense class, they suggested going for points other than there because that can invoke so much rage. Kick the kidneys, poke the eyes.

Definitely poke the eyes. That's what they taught us in Karate when I was a child.

Because I'm paranoid, whenever I'm walking alone I always put my keys in between my fingers. I was taught to jab those things in the eyes.

BankerBSN

GhostMonkey said:

Except that could also send them into a rage and what was going to be a rape could turn into a murder.

Any time I have taken a self defense class, they suggested going for points other than there because that can invoke so much rage. Kick the kidneys, poke the eyes.

This is interesting.  I have never taken self defense classes but now I know to go for the eyes and not the balls. 

duncs107

I'm a biter so I think I would bite the shit out of anything I could. 

brownmouse

I was told by my Mother (so who knows how true it is) that it only takes 5-7lbs of pressure to detach testicles from a the body (like tear them off), so my thought has always been if I was getting raped, yank em off. I'm sure the guy would stop at that point.

CMSullivan326

This thread makes my balls hurt....& I don't even have balls.

lalaroller08

GhostMonkey said:

brownmouse said:

I was told by my Mother (so who knows how true it is) that it only takes 5-7lbs of pressure to detach testicles from a the body (like tear them off), so my thought has always been if I was getting raped, yank em off. I'm sure the guy would stop at that point.

Part of the issue with them is they are a small target and they expect you to go after them. You are making a crazy assumption that you are going to be able to get a hand on them in the first place and be able to get the grip you need to pull that hard. If it were that simple, more women would do it.

I have to agree with you here. Many women (at least from stories I've heard about rape) are beaten up before the attack even happens.

As much as it sucks to admit, most men are just plain stronger than most women and will have the upper hand. My husband and I have play wrestled before and he can hold both my hands down with just one of his and I can't get out no matter how hard I fight. I'd like to think my adreneline would kick in if I was truly under attack (especially if my daughter was!) but I don't know if it's really as easy as it sounds. I pray I will never find out.

mamato3girls

If it were just me then I would do the best I could. If my children were involved I would kill him or die trying. I also walk with my key between my fingers so I could stab someone if I had to andi would go for whatever I could. I was taught in a self defense class many years ago (maybe it has changed now) to try and bust their knee (as in shredding their ligaments) so they can't chase you.