Self-Defense for Women

3130 Driwood Court,Charlotte NC 28269

09 July, 2022

Description

Women in Trucking in conjunction with King Tiger Tae Kwon Do invites females ages 13 and older to join us for self-defense training. This class will offer basic self-defense techniques that can provide protection in the event you encounter a physical attack. No experience is necessary. According to CNN .com more than a quarter – 27% – of women around the world, aged 15-49, have experienced domestic violence from a male intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. That’s approximately one in four women. And the abuse starts young: 24% of 15- to 19-year-olds had experienced violence. The study used estimates based on data capturing the responses of 2 million women between 2000 and 2018, and defines intimate partner violence as “physically, sexually, and psychologically harmful behaviors in the context of marriage, cohabitation, or any other form of union, as well as emotional and economic abuse and controlling behaviors.” The researchers refer to violence against women as a “global public health challenge” but this prevalence speaks of an even greater societal challenge: patriarchy. Talking to The Guardian in 2020 about what she’d learned in writing her book about power, control and domestic abuse, See What You Made Me Do, Australian investigative journalist Jess Hill said: “Men don’t abuse women because society tells them it’s OK,” Hill adds. “Men abuse women because society tells them they are entitled to be in control.”