I Survived

There has been an interesting program showing on the Biography channel called "I Survived". It features true stories of people telling their tales of surviving some pretty bad events. The ones that have intrigued me have been the women who have been assaulted.

Last night I watched a program that I had recorded earlier and it was about a young lady named Melissa from Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was home alone with her two year old daughter while her husband worked the night shift. She awoke to find a man on top of her with a knife to her throat. The short story is that he repeatedly raped and assaulted her and then tied her up and put her in the trunk of her car. He then drove around stopping a couple of times to further assault her. The entire ordeal lasted 12 hours.

One thing that keeps recurring during these stories is how submissive and passive these women are. I know that these are horrific events but many of these women had some good opportunities to defend themselves.

I teach in my classes that you should always fight in certain circumstances like being tied up, being taken to a different location or getting searched if you are carrying a concealed weapon. Although all of these women survived, there are many more in similar circumstances who don't.

If you get the chance, check out this program:
http://www.biography.com/isurvived/