Smart Ideas

Every quarter in our classes we spend a lot of time discussing ways to make our lives safer from sexual assault. We've never met a group of women who couldn't come up with hundreds of great ideas. Here are a few examples to get you starting thinking about how to make your own life safer.

Think about how you carry your car keys. Do you hold your keys in the hand you are most likely to use to defend yourself, your dominant hand? Learn to open your car and house doors with either hand. Consider wearing your keys on a bracelet-style chain; then if you let go they won't drop.
What information are you giving out without even realizing it? Carrying your mail in plain view, for instance, gives anybody who looks the gift of your name and address.
If your answering machine says, "Hello, this is Susan," it may sound like you're a woman living alone. If it states your phone number, know that people can use that to find out where you live. Consider what you want phone callers to know about you. And then have some fun with it!

Here's another smart idea. Let's tell each other about our successes, so we can remember how smart, strong, and capable we women really are! Here's a sample.

Got ideas you'd like to share with us? We'd particularly like to hear your success stories -- in fact, we collect them! Here's how to contact us:

2811 E. Madison #208
Seattle WA 98112, USA
+1 206 328-5347

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