“Are Women Safer When They Learn Self-Defense?”

The short answer: yes.

Overall, 12 percent of the women in the self-defense group reported some form of sexual intrusion during the follow-up period, versus 30 percent in the control group. This latter figure (nearly one in three) is consistent with the rate of sexual victimization of female college students nationwide.

Read more about the class, specifically designed for women, here.

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“Are Women Safer When They Learn Self-Defense?” — 1 Comment

  1. I think the study would have been worth far more if it had compared rates of sexual harassment before and after taking the course rather than post-course between women who received training and those who didn’t. It’s more than possible that the women who took the course self-selected for assertiveness and physical aptitude and would have suffered lower levels of harassment anyway. No double-blinded RCT here, that’s for sure.

    I’m also suspicious of the fact the study is reported in a Taekwon-Do magazine. Hardly disinterested observers.

    I would also like to see figures for all forms of ‘intrusion’, not just sexual. Were the women who took the course less likely to be felt up but more likely to be beat up?

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