[blparent] A total stranger crosses the line

[Arielle Silverman]

Whenever I am grabbed I simply dig my heels into the ground and refuse
to move with the person pulling my arm or shoulder. This along with a
firm "please don't grab me" has always been enough to keep me from
being dragged somewhere I don't want to go. I am a small woman and
still I've never been successfully dragged anywhere against my will.
If the grabber persists I will sometimes also jerk my arm away from my
body which has always been effective.
Arielle

On 5/13/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering if a women's self defense course may help with this problem.
> You learn how to get out of a hold that you don't want to be in. To use
> Veronica's example, the guy grabbed her, it doesn't matter why, but
> Veronica
> didn't want him touching her, so she'd have applied pressure forcing him to
> break his hold.
> It doesn't matter what someone's intentions are, it matters that they are
> at
> that moment doing something that is not ok with you and that needs to stop.
>
> You also learn a lot of other very useful things as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica
> Smith
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 4:29 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] A total stranger crosses the line
>
> When I was a student at the University, I was standing near a restaurant
> waiting for a friend when a man grabbed my arm and literally dragged me
> across the street.  All the time I was trying to pull away.  When we got to
> the other side, he said, "there you are mam!"  I was flustered and calmly
> said, "thanks, but I really didn't want to cross the street, I was just
> waiting for a friend!"  He must have been embarrassed as he fled and I had
> to make my way back across the street.   Sheesh, there are just too many
> helpful peeps in this world.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jodie and
> Kahlan
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 3:37 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blparent] A total stranger crosses the line
>
> I once had someone try to help me cross the street when that was not at all
> what I was trying to do! I was going into my grandmother's house, I made
> the
> turn to go in the driveway and this guy grabs me by the arm and starts to
> lead me toward the street. I had no idea who he was or what he wanted; he
> just grabbed me and told me to come with him. My grandmother explained that
> I was going there and he let me go, but it scared me. I don't remember how
> old I was, but I was definitely old enough to know about stranger danger
> and
> when someone grabs you like that you don't know what to think.
>
> --
> Hugs from Jodie and kahlan
> "Only a fool walks into the future backward."
> Terry Goodkind
>
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