Here's a typical "game" of escalation: Too males, sports fans, insults leading to injuries and charges being pressed. A quite game of dart leading to serious trouble. Way too typical male stupidity...
Story:
Oklahoma -- Words were reportedly exchanged at a bar in Oklahoma City between a 53-year-old University of Texas fan, and a University of Oklahoma Sooners fan - the latter, a church deacon and government auditor.
The exchange of words ended in a brawl leading to a torn scrotal sack with partially exposed testicles, according to a police report.
The OU fan said "something in a joking fashion to the guy about his Texas T-shirt," according to his attorney. "The guy got offended. My client said he was sorry," the attorney said.
The apology apparently wasn't enough for the Texas fan and the man then approached his client. The attorney said his client then grabbed the man in self-defense.
"The guy came over his other shoulder, and basically said, 'I'm getting ready to kick your you-know-what.' He said he felt threatened and he did what he thought he needed to do and grabbed him and left the place."
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Self-defense? Naturally ...
One single punch can be devastating ...
And this young punk claiming self-defense? How sad - how pathetic.
Story:
UK -- A 26-year-old man was celebrating a friend's birthday in Newcastle city centre and he and his companions began playfully throwing some takeaway chips at each other as they walked to catch a taxi home.
One of the chips hit a woman walking near the group, and her 19-year-old boyfriend reacted angrily, shouting at them in an accusing way.The 26-year-old walked over saying "sorry, mate" and with his hands outstretched to apologise for the incident.
Seconds later, it is alleged, the aggressor punched him in the face, causing the victim to fall "like a piece of wood" straight back onto a set of railings outside a sandwich shop. Despite paramedics arriving minutes later and taking him to hospital, the Newcastle University student died of massive head injuries.
The jury was told that the 19-year-old assailant, had just six weeks earlier been involved in a similar attack when he punched a man in a taxi queue - breaking his jaw.
The accused denies manslaughter. The court heard he is likely to say he hit out in self-defense.
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And this young punk claiming self-defense? How sad - how pathetic.
Story:
UK -- A 26-year-old man was celebrating a friend's birthday in Newcastle city centre and he and his companions began playfully throwing some takeaway chips at each other as they walked to catch a taxi home.
One of the chips hit a woman walking near the group, and her 19-year-old boyfriend reacted angrily, shouting at them in an accusing way.The 26-year-old walked over saying "sorry, mate" and with his hands outstretched to apologise for the incident.
Seconds later, it is alleged, the aggressor punched him in the face, causing the victim to fall "like a piece of wood" straight back onto a set of railings outside a sandwich shop. Despite paramedics arriving minutes later and taking him to hospital, the Newcastle University student died of massive head injuries.
The jury was told that the 19-year-old assailant, had just six weeks earlier been involved in a similar attack when he punched a man in a taxi queue - breaking his jaw.
The accused denies manslaughter. The court heard he is likely to say he hit out in self-defense.
Source
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Binge-drinking
UK -- A Hampshire-wide campaign has been launched targeting binge-drinking and how it can end in rape or violence.
The film, radio and poster campaign, run by the Hampshire Drug Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) will promote a safer drinking message to young people aged between 13 and 20 by showing how binge drinking makes them more vulnerable.
According to statistics from the DAAT alcohol misuse is involved in around 39 per cent of rape or attempted rape cases in Hampshire. Latest statistics suggest that date rape drugs are involved in a less than two per cent and that excessive alcohol consumption is the real danger - to both men and women.
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The film, radio and poster campaign, run by the Hampshire Drug Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) will promote a safer drinking message to young people aged between 13 and 20 by showing how binge drinking makes them more vulnerable.
According to statistics from the DAAT alcohol misuse is involved in around 39 per cent of rape or attempted rape cases in Hampshire. Latest statistics suggest that date rape drugs are involved in a less than two per cent and that excessive alcohol consumption is the real danger - to both men and women.
Source
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
A staggering toll
Nearly 400 rapes were reported in Northern Ireland this year, it has been revealed. The alarming rise in the level of attacks was disclosed today as the government came under intense pressure to offer women greater protection from violence.
With the threat claimed to be at crisis level, political parties appalled by a damning new report demanded action.
Meanwhile, police councillors have been brought in to help a teenage victim after two men attacked her in Woodvale Park, north Belfast, leaving her seriously traumatised.
Her ordeal joins a staggering toll which showed 390 rapes and another 25 attempted sex assaults reported across Northern Ireland between January and November. Of the rapes 351 were against women and 39 on men.
The police figures showed a big rise from 318 for the same period on 2005 and 345 in 2004.
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With the threat claimed to be at crisis level, political parties appalled by a damning new report demanded action.
Meanwhile, police councillors have been brought in to help a teenage victim after two men attacked her in Woodvale Park, north Belfast, leaving her seriously traumatised.
Her ordeal joins a staggering toll which showed 390 rapes and another 25 attempted sex assaults reported across Northern Ireland between January and November. Of the rapes 351 were against women and 39 on men.
The police figures showed a big rise from 318 for the same period on 2005 and 345 in 2004.
Source
Sunday, December 10, 2006
A hood-head
Found this at hollabacknyc blogspot (a great blog by the way!).
Stories like this really makes me ashamed to be a member of the male population. There really are some pathetic and ignorant individuals out there ...
Story:
Tonight around 10 p.m., on a train back to her apartment in Williamsburg, a hooded man seated next to my best friend, a 22 year old woman, whispered in her ear "I am going to follow you when you get up."
He did follow her, just a step behind, up the subway steps of her stop and out onto the street. With great clarity in a life-threatening moment, she stepped inside a bodega, while he stood outside, waiting for her, and was fortunate to find a couple who were willing to walk her the few steps from the market to her apartment door.
When they exited the bodega, the hooded man was still there, waiting for his (potential) victim. Unfortunately, it took the help of two people--a woman to make her feel safe, and a man to protect her-- to allow this woman to arrive home unharmed.
The most important part of this is that my friend is safe, but I feel such anger and rage that men like this, who derive such a false, disgusting sense of power from physically and sexually threatening women in public (or private), can make strong, smart, powerful women like my friend doubt their decision to live alone if they choose, to live free and independent lives, or to merely live at all. I am completely disgusted, and concerned for my friend.
Submitted by E.M.
Stories like this really makes me ashamed to be a member of the male population. There really are some pathetic and ignorant individuals out there ...
Story:
Tonight around 10 p.m., on a train back to her apartment in Williamsburg, a hooded man seated next to my best friend, a 22 year old woman, whispered in her ear "I am going to follow you when you get up."
He did follow her, just a step behind, up the subway steps of her stop and out onto the street. With great clarity in a life-threatening moment, she stepped inside a bodega, while he stood outside, waiting for her, and was fortunate to find a couple who were willing to walk her the few steps from the market to her apartment door.
When they exited the bodega, the hooded man was still there, waiting for his (potential) victim. Unfortunately, it took the help of two people--a woman to make her feel safe, and a man to protect her-- to allow this woman to arrive home unharmed.
The most important part of this is that my friend is safe, but I feel such anger and rage that men like this, who derive such a false, disgusting sense of power from physically and sexually threatening women in public (or private), can make strong, smart, powerful women like my friend doubt their decision to live alone if they choose, to live free and independent lives, or to merely live at all. I am completely disgusted, and concerned for my friend.
Submitted by E.M.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Female firefighters
California -- Female firefighters in LA are stepping out of the shadows.
Women are a tiny fraction of the department, numbering 95 out of its 3,625 firefighters. They are newcomers -- the first female firefighter was hired in 1985 -- to a field steeped in tradition and long considered the domain of men.
Many of the stories they tell never make it into official reports. Some women say they have been afraid to share incidents, even with one another. Most are loath to complain because in the firehouse, reputation is everything.
"You want to have a solid, iron-clad reputation: You're a hard worker, a team player," said Capt. Alicia Mathis, a 17-year veteran and one of 19 female captains.
But women are beginning to break that silence; the "go along to get along" ethos has begun to crack.
"This is not 'boys will be boys' stuff," said the lawyer representing firefighters who recently won settlements on harassment claims.
"You get into bed with a woman and start to physically assault her, that's not a prank -- that's an attempted rape."
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Women are a tiny fraction of the department, numbering 95 out of its 3,625 firefighters. They are newcomers -- the first female firefighter was hired in 1985 -- to a field steeped in tradition and long considered the domain of men.
Many of the stories they tell never make it into official reports. Some women say they have been afraid to share incidents, even with one another. Most are loath to complain because in the firehouse, reputation is everything.
"You want to have a solid, iron-clad reputation: You're a hard worker, a team player," said Capt. Alicia Mathis, a 17-year veteran and one of 19 female captains.
But women are beginning to break that silence; the "go along to get along" ethos has begun to crack.
"This is not 'boys will be boys' stuff," said the lawyer representing firefighters who recently won settlements on harassment claims.
"You get into bed with a woman and start to physically assault her, that's not a prank -- that's an attempted rape."
Source
Sunday, December 03, 2006
"Rape culture"
Most people think violence against women is a women's issue, and why wouldn't they? Girls and women ages 12 to 24 are at the greatest risk for experiencing rape or sexual assault, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, and almost all perpetrators are men.
The point is not to attack men but to understand that the society we live in makes people believe that rape is a women's issue and women need to deal with it alone.
Our society responds to the threat of sexual assault by telling our daughters not to walk alone at night, to always have Mace and to take self-defense classes. This is a reactionary response that may bring the number of completed rapes down, but not the number of attempts. To work more effectively toward ending rape, we must educate men and chip away at the rape culture we live in.
Source
The point is not to attack men but to understand that the society we live in makes people believe that rape is a women's issue and women need to deal with it alone.
Our society responds to the threat of sexual assault by telling our daughters not to walk alone at night, to always have Mace and to take self-defense classes. This is a reactionary response that may bring the number of completed rapes down, but not the number of attempts. To work more effectively toward ending rape, we must educate men and chip away at the rape culture we live in.
Source
Thursday, November 30, 2006
All-male education
While teaching women how to prevent and fight back against sexual violence is positive and necessary, it is also great to see the root of the problem being addressed!
Story:
Oklahoma City -- A state Health Department official says an all-male education program is helping change the attitudes of men about sexual assault on college campuses in Oklahoma.
Steve Nedbalek told a legislative task force today he's optimistic the agency's "Man to Man" education program is attacking the problem of sexual assaults on women on campuses.
The program started in 2004 with the goal of changing attitudes toward rape and helping men understand what constitutes sexual coercion.
Source
Story:
Oklahoma City -- A state Health Department official says an all-male education program is helping change the attitudes of men about sexual assault on college campuses in Oklahoma.
Steve Nedbalek told a legislative task force today he's optimistic the agency's "Man to Man" education program is attacking the problem of sexual assaults on women on campuses.
The program started in 2004 with the goal of changing attitudes toward rape and helping men understand what constitutes sexual coercion.
Source
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Not just a women's issue
There's no doubt about it - violence against women is an issue that we - men - ought to make our own problem!
Story:
In the Kansas City area, there is a forcible rape or attempted rape reported almost every day. Many more go unreported.
Incidents of nonsexual assaults, robberies and homicides have declined nationwide in the last decade. But, sadly, rape rates have not, nor has sexual violence against women.
Greater Kansas City is served by the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA), which exists to lessen the ill effects of sexual assault and abuse through prevention, education, intervention, treatment and advocacy.
Sexual violence is not, however, just a women’s issue. MOCSA always has been strongly supported by both women and men, but now is the right time for a special effort directed at the men in our community.
Empowering men to examine their own attitudes, promote an attitude of respect, understand the unique vulnerabilities of females in our society, confront abusive peers and speak out against factors that perpetuate a rape culture are keys to sexual violence prevention.
Source
Story:
In the Kansas City area, there is a forcible rape or attempted rape reported almost every day. Many more go unreported.
Incidents of nonsexual assaults, robberies and homicides have declined nationwide in the last decade. But, sadly, rape rates have not, nor has sexual violence against women.
Greater Kansas City is served by the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA), which exists to lessen the ill effects of sexual assault and abuse through prevention, education, intervention, treatment and advocacy.
Sexual violence is not, however, just a women’s issue. MOCSA always has been strongly supported by both women and men, but now is the right time for a special effort directed at the men in our community.
Empowering men to examine their own attitudes, promote an attitude of respect, understand the unique vulnerabilities of females in our society, confront abusive peers and speak out against factors that perpetuate a rape culture are keys to sexual violence prevention.
Source
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
No kidding...
A 30-year-old salaryman was riding on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Tokyo recently when he decided to make a pass at the woman sitting beside him. So he reached over and began fondling her thigh. Although she resisted, he kept at it for more than 10 minutes.
The man was collared on the train, then arrested on molestation charges, and has recently appeared in court.
"Did you really think you could have your way with the victim despite her resistance?" his lawyer asked while he was on the stand.
"That had crossed my mind," he told the court.
"His explanation that he thought he could make out with a resisting woman shows a complete misunderstanding of female psychology."
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No.... Are you saying women don't like being fondled by strangers? Strange creatures!
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Source
The man was collared on the train, then arrested on molestation charges, and has recently appeared in court.
"Did you really think you could have your way with the victim despite her resistance?" his lawyer asked while he was on the stand.
"That had crossed my mind," he told the court.
"His explanation that he thought he could make out with a resisting woman shows a complete misunderstanding of female psychology."
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No.... Are you saying women don't like being fondled by strangers? Strange creatures!
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Source
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Desperate action
This incident shows a couple of things, apart from the outright stupidity and mindlessness of some middle-aged men.
First it shows that it is quite possible to defend against a strangle-hold with one of your own, especially if you know how, and/or uses some item to apply the hold with.
It also proves (again) the amount of strength, ingenuity and willpower that a person can apply when the survival instinct kicks in.
Brave girl!
Story:
New Hampshire -- "When people find you, you will be decomposing."
That was the threat that the 17-year-old girl told police spurred her into desperate action; she decided she had to strangle her assailant before he strangled her.
As he choked her in the front seat of his pickup truck on a back road in Auburn, she managed to grab an orange cord and wrap it around his neck, tightening it until the 45-year-old Manchester man gasped for air and she heard a gurgling sound.
According to court records, after she released the cord the man sliced his wrist with a box cutter and then began begging the girl not to go to police.
Source
First it shows that it is quite possible to defend against a strangle-hold with one of your own, especially if you know how, and/or uses some item to apply the hold with.
It also proves (again) the amount of strength, ingenuity and willpower that a person can apply when the survival instinct kicks in.
Brave girl!
Story:
New Hampshire -- "When people find you, you will be decomposing."
That was the threat that the 17-year-old girl told police spurred her into desperate action; she decided she had to strangle her assailant before he strangled her.
As he choked her in the front seat of his pickup truck on a back road in Auburn, she managed to grab an orange cord and wrap it around his neck, tightening it until the 45-year-old Manchester man gasped for air and she heard a gurgling sound.
According to court records, after she released the cord the man sliced his wrist with a box cutter and then began begging the girl not to go to police.
Source
Thursday, July 13, 2006
The head-butt
Having witnessed how a couple of young boys bang their heads full force into a one-inch thick steel bomb-shelter door to "make it sing" I have to disagree somewhat with this scientist.
If you know how to use it properly, the age old head-butt is a formidable self-defense weapon! It is also quite easy to defend against - if you see it coming...
You just need to bend you head and turn it sideways ever so slightly. The effect is that the attacker hits you where your skull is most solid (think of the point where horns would be placed). This point is the same used for a "proper" head-butt.
The technique called "Scottish kiss" or "Liverpool kiss" is brutal and highly effective.
Story:
It's a guy thing.
The head-butt reared its ugly head at the weekend when France's Zinedine Zidane head-butted the chest of Italian defender Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final.
"Most animals that fight that way have skulls built to take it. We don't appear to be built that way," says Katherine Ralls, senior scientist at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington. "But I guess when you get so much adrenaline and testosterone going, it's butt first and think later."
Source
If you know how to use it properly, the age old head-butt is a formidable self-defense weapon! It is also quite easy to defend against - if you see it coming...
You just need to bend you head and turn it sideways ever so slightly. The effect is that the attacker hits you where your skull is most solid (think of the point where horns would be placed). This point is the same used for a "proper" head-butt.
The technique called "Scottish kiss" or "Liverpool kiss" is brutal and highly effective.
Story:
It's a guy thing.
The head-butt reared its ugly head at the weekend when France's Zinedine Zidane head-butted the chest of Italian defender Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final.
"Most animals that fight that way have skulls built to take it. We don't appear to be built that way," says Katherine Ralls, senior scientist at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington. "But I guess when you get so much adrenaline and testosterone going, it's butt first and think later."
Source
Monday, May 15, 2006
Men: Victims of abuse too
USA -- In two recent high-profile stories, men were the victims of domestic violence. Abuse counselors say many people, even in shelters, automatically think of men as the batterers, but hey can be the victims and can find help.
Jon was a victim of emotional abuse in his marriage.
Jon: "I was in a trap."
He accepts his share of responsibility, but says his wife abused him, talked down to him and called him names. She kicked him out of the house and got a protective order against him.
Each year nationally, 275-thousand men are assaulted by their wives or girlfriends. In Utah, the Office on Violence Against Women and Families and the Utah Domestic Violence Council report the number of men seeking help is growing. But men, like Jon, don't often ask for help.
Source
Jon was a victim of emotional abuse in his marriage.
Jon: "I was in a trap."
He accepts his share of responsibility, but says his wife abused him, talked down to him and called him names. She kicked him out of the house and got a protective order against him.
Each year nationally, 275-thousand men are assaulted by their wives or girlfriends. In Utah, the Office on Violence Against Women and Families and the Utah Domestic Violence Council report the number of men seeking help is growing. But men, like Jon, don't often ask for help.
Source
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
How stupid
How utterly stupid some guys can be! At times I'm really ashamed to be a man.
All those weird excuses and such a pathetic behavior..
Story:
The woman told jurors that Dr Hutchinson "groped" her buttock while making a "pervy Benny Hill-style noise".
She said he then tried to kiss and touch her on two further occasions while making a "groaning" noise. She told jurors that she used a police self-defence technique to ward him off and threatened to hit him.
Dr Hutchinson accepted under questioning that he had probably attempted to kiss and touch the woman - who cannot be named for legal reasons - after being rebuffed.
"Maybe the gin had gone to my head. It was a stiff one," Dr Hutchinson told detectives. "I think I must have found her irresistible."
Source
All those weird excuses and such a pathetic behavior..
Story:
The woman told jurors that Dr Hutchinson "groped" her buttock while making a "pervy Benny Hill-style noise".
She said he then tried to kiss and touch her on two further occasions while making a "groaning" noise. She told jurors that she used a police self-defence technique to ward him off and threatened to hit him.
Dr Hutchinson accepted under questioning that he had probably attempted to kiss and touch the woman - who cannot be named for legal reasons - after being rebuffed.
"Maybe the gin had gone to my head. It was a stiff one," Dr Hutchinson told detectives. "I think I must have found her irresistible."
Source
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Took the law into their own hands
Peter Foster, 38, and Andrew Barbour, 40, armed themselves with "Ninja sticks" and confronted teenagers they blamed for terrorising a neighbourhood at Radcliffe, UK.
They were arrested when a 15-year-old boy complained to police that he had been assaulted with the martial arts weapon.
A judge told the two men they could not take the law into their own hands. But he released them with conditional discharges after telling them: "I understand your position very well indeed. You were probably at the end of your tether."
Source
They were arrested when a 15-year-old boy complained to police that he had been assaulted with the martial arts weapon.
A judge told the two men they could not take the law into their own hands. But he released them with conditional discharges after telling them: "I understand your position very well indeed. You were probably at the end of your tether."
Source
Against a knife
Just get accustomed to the idea - if you defend yourself against a knife attack you will get cut. If it is someone skilled with a knife, then you are in a boatload of trouble! A knife is a dangerous weapon, and if you can run or escape, that must always be your first option.
Story:
A man was arrested yesterday in the stabbing of the owner of a martial-arts center, police and witnesses said.
The fight began with the two men screaming profanities at each other and then escalated.
Source
Story:
A man was arrested yesterday in the stabbing of the owner of a martial-arts center, police and witnesses said.
The fight began with the two men screaming profanities at each other and then escalated.
Source
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