Importance of Resisting Stranger Rape

"In a stranger-rape situation, if he allows you to see his face, you get his name, or you can somehow otherwise identify your attacker, and he knows it, it’s all the more important to get away from him, even if he has a knife and you are risking injury. Because unless he’s quite inexperienced, he’s likely to kill you to leave no witnesses."

John Douglas, legendary FBI profiler

Woman stops attack with sword

There are many times we talk about using weapons for defense. I would guess that 150 years ago, this news item would not have been very unusual. But, nowdays, using a sword in your home to defend yourself does qualify as interesting.

However unusual, it proved to be effective and that's the bottom line: be committed to doing whatever it takes to defend yourself.