An edged weapon is silent and never needs reloading. Frightening isn't it. No material possessions can be worth testing your luck with a knife, so if an attacker is only after your money or possession's, hand them over. Also if you get the opportunity and you think its safe to do so, throw the items they want into the opposite direction that you want to exit from. The real problem only exists when the weapons becomes a tool of the trade for the rapist.
Lets take a realistic look at the options.
Apart from our younger readers of this book, Sex is something that we all do or have done some time in our life. However the way that society has developed its outlook on different types and methods of obtaining sexual satisfaction, we are looked upon by our peers with scrutiny according to what they see as acceptable. This creates a problem with our thinking and reduces our option's. Peer pressure instantly takes away any option or choice of how the male will deal with the confrontation. Even faced with the fact that he may lose his life, he will never consider submitting to the rapist.