{"id":31151,"date":"2021-08-16T16:18:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/?p=31151"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:00:23","slug":"how-self-defence-courses-help-push-back-against-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-staging.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/how-self-defence-courses-help-push-back-against-sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"How Self Defence Courses Help Push Back Against Sexual Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Anyone working in security knows that sometimes this job means facing the nasty side of life — even when talking about self defence courses. This article is one of those times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fair warning — we’re discussing some heavy and distressing topics here. These are always unpleasant statistics to report. They make for disturbing reading, no matter your gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Expecting the worst<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An alarming number of women have been sexually assaulted or raped across the UK. Worse still, sometimes it’s people working in security<\/a> who are engaging in this inexcusable behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is nowhere near fair, right or decent — and it won’t change unless action is taken. While a Self Defence Course<\/a> can help women know how to react in the moment, that moment should never have to happen to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Understanding sexual harassment in the UK <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The stats reveal that 97% of women have been sexually harassed.<\/a> Sexual harassment covers a large range of activities. While some women enjoy the compliment of a wolf-whistle, others find it demeaning, primitive and threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately it goes deeper than just a passing action like a comment or a whistle, too. For example, sometimes a wolf whistle might be the start of a man following a woman. That’s a nastier, more sinister kind of harassment entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another kind of sexual harassment that women hate is when a man decides to touch, smack or grab them. When that happens — and sadly, we have to say ‘when’, not ‘if’ — women can find themselves in a difficult situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sexual harassment has to be dealt with by a more roots level approach, whereby men simply know the right way to behave. Until that day finally comes though, you’ve every right to take your safety into your own hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The connection between sexual assault and rape<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A far more serious issue is sexual assault and rape. 3.1% of women<\/a> of UK women were sexually assaulted or suffered rape, attempted rape or sexual assault by penetration last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The statistics often make it appear that rape is a reasonably rare event that happens only to a minority of women. But remember, of half a million UK women who reported a sexual assault, 85,000 reported rape. That’s an abysmally huge number of women, who should never have had to endure such an ordeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s worse still is the appalling record of convictions for rape cases, at just 5.7%.<\/a> Many other crimes have high conviction rates, because they’re far easier to prove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But because rape takes place away from other people, with no witnesses, it’s one woman’s word against a man \u2014 and he’ll always deny a rape charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rape causes incredible stress, anguish, upset, and an emotional scar that burns for a lifetime. Worse yet is that it so often comes with physical violence. Very few women are given the justice they deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Self defence courses can prevent women being assaulted<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So with all this in mind, what can you do as a woman not be part of this painful statistic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We offer courses<\/a> run by mixed martial arts expert and jiu-jitsu master, Sensei Ibush Kabashi. A few simple techniques are all it takes to ensure you know how to keep a level head and the best way to react if you’re under attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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