Friday, August 6, 2010

Carry A Taser To Prevent Rape

By Jessi Deamond

I willingly shed my all girls school biases so I could attend university with an open mind. It gave me a bit of a culture shock in my first year. Boys did not always respect girls and peer pressure sanctioned this behavior.

The prospect of school perils including date rape or a fraternity initiation came with every time kids gathered for fun after dark. At the risk of being perceived as goody-goody, it motivated me to carry a Taser to prevent rape.

The Taser C2 shoots two darts secured to wires safely within a 15 feet range. A brother some years my senior let me in on this one weekend he visited home while staying at a dormitory.

How he reiterated that I could lawfully carry a Taser to prevent rape once I turned 18. He warned me about date rape drugs, underlining that I could shoot a C2 while drunk or drugged. It would work on any part of the attacker?s body.

I did not expect his lecture would soon give me a reality check. Not only was he right about the Taser C2, he was dead on about what happens in college.

I went to see a gig of some bands with some schoolmates including someone from the dorm next door. I do not suppose he knew I would carry a Taser to prevent rape because he was all over me that night.

After I rejected his advances, he became very pushy. We were right there among fellow students but everyone was drunk and oblivious to what I was going through. I was on my own.

I did not have to shoot my C2. He backed off when he saw that I had the presence of mind to carry a Taser to prevent rape. I learned that night to stop being obliging even if it meant I stopped being popular.

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