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Originally Posted by TigerTank77

Or it might just piss them off and make them seriously injure kill their victim.

"Oh the attacker might be armed" is not a valid reason for saying that you shouldn't have something to defend yourself. Otherwise, you're just an even easier target.

In the real world, the best defense against a rapist is something that incapacitates them as far as possible from the victim. Not getting up close and putting your life on your ability to kick accuratley and hard under duress.

But your argument that women should carry weapons to defend themselves against rapists is basically operating on the assumption that most rapes are committed by strangers who leap out from the darkness when women are walking home or something.

Rapes almost always are committed by acquaintances/friends/partners. It's not reasonable to expect women to always carry weapons when they go on a date with their long-term partner or when they visit a male friend.

And I would actually argue that a better defence against rapists would involve better education about sexual assault and placing a greater focus on preventing people from becoming rapists in the first place, rather than focusing on potential victims.