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Her Wits About Her: Self-Defense Success Stories by Women

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As a self-defense instructor of over 20 years, I use this book as a prime recommendation to all woman. It is packed with a wealth of positive stories of women who have succeeded in defeating the enemy -- men -- with a variety of feminine wiles, intelligent use of resources, and innovative techniques. Every woman would be uplifted by reading this book. I heartily urge all interested women to get this book -- by hook or by crook -- and read every word. There is no better record of womens' success against adversity in print.

This is one of the best books about women's self defense. It should be republished.

This book is full of powerful true-life stories of normal, everyday women in a wide range of situations, defending themselves both verbally and physically. Every woman should read this book! It counteracts the messages we've all learned about how women are supposedly helpless. I teach women's self-defense and recommend this book to all of my students. I am very disappointed it is out of print and can only be found used!

This is a fantastic collection of stories by women who have successfully defended themselves. Stories cover a variety of different situations (from verbal harassment to very serious physical assault) and methods of self defense (mental, emotional, verbal, physical). As a self defense instructor, the material in this book is invaluable in my classes. My only complaint is that it focuses mainly on stranger assault - I wish there were more stories about women defending themselves from acqaintances.

I read a lot of great reviews about this book, and I knew that it was written a few decades ago. That being said, it is really hard not to toss the book aside when 60% of the stories begin with "I was hitchiking as usual...". I know that hitchhiking was common back in the sixties and before then, but that doesn't make it less annoying to read about how surprised women were to be attacked by complete strangers who picked them up off the side of the road in the middle of the night. On the plus side, it was interesting to read about the 60's lifestyle, and some of the advice given in this book could still be used today. It was interesting to see the different impromptu strategies these women came up with to get out of their situation or at least survive. Overall,the generation gap might be too big for anyone born past 1980 to really enjoy the book.

Her Witts About Her:Self-Defense Sucess Stories by Wome