Living alone, traveling alone, working alone alone, the most vulnerable word for women! But it is also not possible that we return into our shells, and let go of our independence? Or do we accept this constant fear, a part of our lives? The best way to fight this problem is to be alert and prepared, incase you might have to face any serious situation

Beware, always!
Not surprisingly, criminals exhibit predatory behavior in preparing to attack. They will try to pick a casual location to look for their prey. They will look at their intended victim far more and for longer periods of time than social norms. They will move when the prey moves. They will stop and look around for witnesses. They will often make several passes by the prey in a sort of dry run, seeing if the victim will react or to get a sense of how the attack might work. Pay attention! Who is looking at you? Has the same person or car passed by you twice? Does someone appear to be moving with you?

Stay with people
Do not ever let yourself be taken somewhere. If you are approached in a public place do not get in a vehicle with anyone. Always try to stay where others can see you. His worst fear is the fear of getting caught, so you should drop to the ground if you need to in order to prevent him from carrying you away. On the other hand, if you are in your house or another location that is private, you need to go to people. Run towards the neighbours door start banging hard. Drive your car up to a nearby convenience store. Go where there are lights and other people.

Keep a barrier in between
Use a barrier to block him or use distance to gain time. Keep your doors locked. Stay inside your car. Force him to get through a barrier before he can get to you. Use a pepper spray. The more difficult you make it, the more time it takes him and that means he might be discovered by a passerby.

Attract attention
The first thing he will say to you is "dont scream or Ill kill you". Hes actually telling you exactly what will ruin his plan! Go ahead, ruin his plans create a disturbance, scream, throw things, blow the horn. You cant count on others coming to your aid, but you want to appeal to his fear of getting caught and make him think that someone would hear you come to your aid.

Use your strongest weapons against his weakest targets
His weakest targets are those that are most valuable. His eyes, throat, groin and knees are your primary targets. Your secondary targets are his face and his abdomen. Strong weapons that you can employ are your kicks using the bottom of your feet, your elbows, hammer fists and palm heel strikes.

So, memsaabs, take care of yourselves!