One should never be at the mercy of anyone, let alone a loved one. Although one may not want to inflict injury, a course in women's self defense can enable one to escape a perilous situation. Some women may not feel that they are excluded access to a women's self-defense class; however this is often not true. You have to know how to protect yourself and protect your children from harm. The lack of knowledge about women's self defense has proved lethal in the many cases of abuse. Domestic abuse issues plague all walks of life. No matter if you live in an urban or rural area or if you are rich or poor, domestic abuse is apart of live and without the knowledge of women's self defense; you are seeding the problem that you or your children will be harmed or killed. Always keep your kids within arms reach, especially when you are in a strange place and especially if they are to young to recognize the danger. Never leave your child alone in a car. If you are attacked or abducted your young one could suffer because you are separated from them. A woman's self defense course will advise you to have child locators on your children. If your feet are free, try to step on the accelerator or the break to make the car move erratically. This will hopefully cause enough worry from others on the road they will call the police. If you do cause an accident, let it be on your turns. Make sure your speed is slow enough not to harm yourself or others. The program is designed to give women the choice of how to act and how to implement pre-rape behavior which will give the woman a tool box of options in which she could choose from. This is not a martial arts program. One thing that Rape Aggression Defense teaches is that you have to know what cause the desire of rape and the predicaments that you can avoid to reduce your chance of rape. If you are afraid of being attacked and go out of your way to avoid potentially dangerous situations, you are missing the best part of life. Women have avoided going on a vacation to an exotic land because they are afraid of dangerous situations and their personal safety. They are missing out on a wonderful experience because their self esteem is low and they do not have the confidence to take the leap and go on that vacation.