I just completed a proposal to teach self defense for teen women and their allies at a local agency. I'd love to share the meat of the proposal with you here. The statistics were gleaned from Erin Weed's Fight Back Productions and the Liz Claiborne Foundation's Love is Not Abuse.

If you are interested in bringing self defense training to the teen women in your life, contact me at (413) 527-8317 or email trainer@compassionateconditioning.com.

Teen Women Need Self Defense Training

Teen women are especially vulnerable to violence.

For example:

• 1 in 4 college women experience completed or attempted rape during their college years. (National College Women Sexual Victimization Study, Fisher 2000.)

• College age women are 4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than other age groups. (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.)

• College females are 4 times more likely to be assaulted by someone they know than by a stranger. (National Crime Victimization Study 1995-2002.)

Teen women are at risk of sexual and relationship violence earlier than most parents realize. The Liz Claiborne Foundation has conducted extensive research into teens’ (including young teens’ or “tweens’”) experience of and risk for relationship violence.

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