Wondering if someone can point me right direction

[bwtchsamdar]

Hey question that I really need some help on and if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great. I've just become certified as a rape prevention instructor and want to start teaching classes in rural areas to the women that live there. I've gotten an overwhelming response of women ready to start the class. Yeah! Problem is I'm doing this on my own and I am short on funds to buy equipment that I need. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions about where I might be able to find funding for such an endeavor.

[GranFire]

Try to hook up with the YMCA in your area, they might be able to support you.

Other than that, start with the bare essentials and add to it as your program grows.

A word of caution, many people are all Gung Ho when a plan like yours id proposed, but when it comes time to put the money where the mouth is a whole lot less show up to participate! You might only need equipment for one or two students at first




(hey, new smileys, how come I missed that...0

[Little Apple]

Hey...there are new smilies. Cool. Anyway, I agree with GranFire, YMCA is great. Other than that, how much equipment do you need? I've taught self defense courses with only a couple sets of Thai pads, what are you looking at?

[Ghost]

id be really interested to see what is involved with classes like this. This probably a terrible assumption but i cant help feel it will be a few fancy techniques alot of shouting and large false sense of security/ability at the end of it.
But i would like to be proved wrong.

[Michael Wright]

"Rape Prevention Instructor" - that is a pretty serious title, I would feel very uncomfortable positioning such a service. I don't claim to know anything about your course, but rape prevention covers a multitude of psychological and emotional factors way outside of the martial arts or self-defence.

[Ghost]

Originally Posted by Michael Wright

"Rape Prevention Instructor" - that is a pretty serious title, I would feel very uncomfortable positioning such a service. I don't claim to know anything about your course, but rape prevention covers a multitude of psychological and emotional factors way outside of the martial arts or self-defence.

yeah this is what i was thinking. It sounds harsh but i cant help think this is a money spinner although the teachers may well think and want to be doing a good job i think its such a serious subject that it takes a good deal of training to really teach this.

To prevent a rape by a determined rapist will take some effort. I cant help these things provide people with a false sense of security.
If this is something like a 2 day course or so then forget it. Most people that attend things like that have no appreciation of the amount of practice it takes to really "know" a technique.They get carried along with the fact that it works in practice.

Anyway im only guessing so would be good to see something on this.

[Knuckles&Knees]

I've grown pretty cynical in life so I suppose I share some what of Mike's and Ghosts view on this (I guess I share their caution on attempting to prejudge your qualifications or the course material before I end up putting my foot in my mouth ).

I suppose though, any training might be better than none, and the intent to pass on wisdom and techniques is a noble one (and perhaps even justly compensated).

But the issue of rape always seems to surround around the female gender and *unknown* aggressors. I might be remembering wrong, but my memory seems to be telling me that most or many children are sexually abused in their own homes by fathers, older siblings, relatives, or friends of the family.

Teenage and adult males are also raped or sexually abused as taboo and quiet the subject is kept. The United States Veterans Affairs Administration reports it currently treats 30,000 male veterans for sexual abuse suffered while in the military and 19,000 female veterans for sexual abuse. The rate of female sexual abuse in the military (and outside the military) is higher than that of male, but both have pretty high *numbers* of victims nonetheless.

A pyschiatry report I read in the past, over the internet, stated that male on male rape happens most often in three institutions: Military; All boys schools: And inside prisons.

Personally, a bit off topic, but I think all men are potential rapists. Senisitivity and social conditioning goes a long way in reducing a man's likelyhood of raping another. Again... that's my unexpert opinion but based on what I see in life.

Good luck with your goals though, bw.

[Little Apple]

Actually Knuckles, most rape prevention courses teach that you are more likely to be raped by someone you know. Whether you know them because they are a family member, you have bad taste in boyfriends, or you know them because they are an effective predator, and they groom you first: getting to know you, giving you presents: basically becoming your friend so you'll trust them.

One can only hope that a rape prevention class would focus on being smart and warning people of what signs to look at. As always, defending yourself in the real world starts long before any physical violence happens.

[Knuckles&Knees]

Originally Posted by Little Apple

Actually Knuckles, most rape prevention courses teach that you are more likely to be raped by someone you know. Whether you know them because they are a family member, you have bad taste in boyfriends, or you know them because they are an effective predator, and they groom you first: getting to know you, giving you presents: basically becoming your friend so you'll trust them.

I didn't know that. Welp, I guess I stand corrected, Little Apple.

One can only hope that a rape prevention class would focus on being smart and warning people of what signs to look at. As always, defending yourself in the real world starts long before any physical violence happens.

I fully concur.