…f attackers and defend themselves. This is not some jive-ass patriarchal hero rescuer fantasy trip. But let me emphasize a bitter reality that gets far too little attention with every woman reading this: I do not care if you kick the ever-loving-crap out of a man who attempted to rape you, you are STILL going to bear the emotional scars and psychological trauma of being attacked. Yes, you are better off than you would have been had you not held those keys in your fist as a weapon and kneed his balls through the roof of his mouth before he could even get his zipper down. But you will still have been victimized. Your inner-peace will still have been disturbed. Your soul will still be troubled. Depending on who your attacker was, your heart may even be broken. And even though you ‘won’ the fight and kept him from penetrating your body, you still have to heal your mind, heart and soul.
