15 of the Best Self-Defense and Safety Tips Young Girls Should Learn Today

The statistics are not great. 1 in 5 women experience completed or attempted rape. 81% of women and 43% of men experience some form of sexual harassment in their lifetime. And that is what is reported.

With that information, self-defense should be a required teaching component in all high schools throughout America, but sadly it is not.

While I am not an expert and neither am I trained in self-defense, I gathered some of the best self-defense/safety tips that I have learned over the years and researched myself and brought them to a group of students in my freshmen Homeroom class.

They were captivated and engaged throughout the whole 30 minute lesson. Phones barely came out.

​While I am aware that every school can’t hire a licensed professional to teach a course on self-defense (though they should), these 15 tips can be life-saving, and teenagers, especially young girls need to learn these personal safety tips today.

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