While teaching self defense I had a woman who had been molested most of her life. She luckily confided in me her situation as she was prepared to drop the class because of the psychological impact it had on her. However she stuck it out and actually learned not to be paralyzed by fear. It took a lot of work for her. She only worked with me for quite awhile so that I could break off an engagement before it became to much for her.
By the end of the class she was capable of doing quite a bit of damage and thanked me for how much help I had been for her.
So I can attest that many women will not seek out self defense training from men or predominately male classes.
I was just glad that I had been trained to handle abuse cases. I was also able to get the woman into counselling. She had never told anyone else even after many years of abuse. My psych degree came in handy that day.
I have seen lots of people teaching self defense but do not have the training to deal with individuals who have already been tramatized. I would hope that all instructors would attempt to educate themselves as to how to properly deal with individuals who have been vicitmized.
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