And self-defense experts, when you tell your readers to get a P.O. But telling a woman how to hold her purse to make it 18% harder to steal doesn't make her feel 18% safer- it reminds her that 100% of everyone wants to steal, then certainly rape, her purse. There's probably a mugger out there writing a book that says, 'If a lady on the bus is trying really hard to look assertive and aware, she keeps her cash in her sock.'Most self-defense books are about the illusion of safety and the empowerment of black and white photos of dong punches. For example, many carjackers can overcome a quiet or even off radio. These are preventative measures that 'work' right up to the point where they will never have any effect on what they're designed to prevent. She says to dart your eyes around on the bus to let the rapists know that you know they're there. She advises you to keep your radio low so carjackers know you're not distracted. Judith Fein, advises readers to never use an ATM. It's a collection of wisdom from a woman who, after a day of not being mugged, writes down every god damn thing she did or didn't do as 'street smarts.' The author, Dr.

That's what this book is.The Joy of Self Defense is paranoia disguised as common sense. They'll no doubt have some brilliant strategy like trying to look so crazy no one wants to sit next to them! Now imagine if you took that idiot's idea of cleverness and applied it to every aspect of human life.

Here's a fun experiment: ask one of your stupid friends what they do when they don't want people to sit next to them on a plane.

Is this the swirling hallucination your attacker sees after you ram your crutch into his groin or was there some kind of labeling mix up at the book publisher? Because if that's the case, then somewhere out there is a book of art by death row prisoners with a really confusing karate lady on the front: The Philosophy The CoverThe cover of this is a marker drawing of eyeballed shapes, because nothing says tough like amateur cubism. How to Fight Back and Win: The Joy of Self-Defenseby Judith Fein, Ph.D. And we are all out of bubblegum, kick, and ass! These are five self-defense books so bad that by the time you're done reading them, you'll be dead. Ladies, it is time to chew bubblegum and to kick ass.

Fear Into Anger by Py Bateman