The government in New York takes every opportunity to deny its citizens the right to bear arms in self defense. There is currently an aggressive effort to impose similar laws at the federal level. There is typically only one police officer on patrol for every 3,200 citizens. And the police have repeatedly proven in litigation that they have no legal obligation to protect the lives and property of citizens. The police are only there to enforce the law after the fact.
Women are four times more likely than men to be attacked by relatives.
Under such conditions, an armed woman can effectively defend herself against a physically stronger unarmed man. And women do protect themselves. In 1992, there were 3,184,440 reported self-protective measures taken by women in response to violent crime.