Transgender Articles & Writing

Safety Is Important

By Brianna Austin

Although many of you feel confident to be able to protect yourselves, there are simple safety tips you should know -- and pass on to the woman in your lives -- and situations in which woman are most vulnerable.

Below is an email I received from my friend Colleen.

    1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If
    you are close enough to use it, DO SO!

    2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for
    your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM.

    Toss it away from you....chances are that he is more interested in your
    wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse.

    RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

    3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail
    lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The
    driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

    4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating,
    working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.
    DON'T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect
    opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your
    head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK      THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

    5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking
    garage:

    A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side
    floor, in the back seat and underneath the car.

    B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger
    door Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their
    vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.

    C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the
    passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car,
    you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman
    to walk you back out.

    IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than       dead.)

    6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible
    places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).

    7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!
    The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even
    then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!

    8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you
    raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well
    educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women.     He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle
    or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

    9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a
    crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police
    because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her
    "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." The lady then said that it sounded
    like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would
    crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have
    a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that
    they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded, and uses it to coax
    women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said
    they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that
    they hear baby crying outside their doors, when they're home alone at
    night.

    Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby. This e-mail
    should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was
    mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled
    the serial killer in Louisiana. Give the info to a mother, aunt, sister, wife, and yourself

As always, be happy, be safe, and think pretty.
Brianna Austin

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