I live in a sparsely populated area where my nearest neighbor is a quarter-mile away. I did not want to have to kill either of them if they came after me, as I thought they might. With my marksmanship and my .243 caliber hunting rifle from the old days, I am confident that I could stop idiots like these. But to have to take the life of another person is a terrible experience I will always try to avoid. I was taught differently.
Women have the right to protect themselves from death or bodily harm.
By becoming strong and potentially lethal individuals, women destroy the fantasy that we are sitting ducks for predatory strangers. In a great many cultures, women are taught to depend upon others, not themselves, for protection from bodily harm. Women are not taught to defend themselves from strangers because fathers and husbands fear the consequences themselves. I don't want more police. More police on the streets will not protect women.