Gwai Lo Dan
3rd Black Belt
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The temptation is to think "How could this happen? Why wouldn't the victim report the first incident?* Why would they continue to associate with their attacker? Why would they be alone with him after the first time?"
What the person asking these questions is missing is the pervasive effects of what is sometimes called "rape culture." Complaints are often ignored or dismissed and negative consequences may be brought to bear on those who speak up. Perpetrators are often in positions of power ...
When I saw "Self-Defence" on the school poster a few weeks back, I got thinking about the role of a TKD school in terms of teaching kids to protect themselves with more than just hitting back.
Many schools advertise "self-defence" but never talk about for example about not helping an adult find a puppy, or yelling for help in an assault, or after an assault, telling someone they trust even if the perpetrator said bad things would happen if he/she talked.
Do you guys ever talk in class about the ugly reality that adults may do bad things, and to tell someone? Or is that too personal and outside "self-defence"?