I tend to agree. Every young man or woman should know the basics of self-defence.
But as I said earlier (sorry if I'm being repetitive), bully encounters I saw as an inner-city high school teacher were never fair. It was ALWAYS a larger bully against a smaller person. And sometimes it was bully and his thug gang against a smaller person.
It's not like an episode of Leave it to Beaver. A victim who fought back was simply overwelmed. And then the victim was NOT left alone. In one case, the victim was attacked again by a small mob on the way home.
And I find it infuriating that so little was done to the bullies. It was a three-day suspension, followed by a feel-good talking-to by the school guidance counselor.
Oh, and the victim? He transferred to another school. Fighting back may be good in theory, but it didn't help him any.
Sorry to be so pessimistic, but that case was the norm, not the exception.
I agree completely. Can’t we just find a reasoned middle ground without new layers of feminist bureaucracy?