Conclusion
The focus of the study was to audit the perception of self-defense trained and untrained girls towards their self-protection and comprise the strategies that both groups has used for their self-protection.
There are numerous articles published on the matter of women self-defense training and the problems that they confront along the way at the global level. This proves that actively participating in self-defense classes for women is a challenge across the globe. however the causes may vary like some women learn self-defense training before their assault experience and some were learned after their victimization.
The study found that it is the socio-cultural norms and the stereotypical gender roles assigned to women, which create barrier their tectonic and active participation in self-defense classes. Women who had the self-defense training are less likely to become a victim of assault than average women. Self-defense trained women use appropriate strategies for their self-protection when required in order to reduce the chances of being victimized.
Analysis denotes that there is insignificant relationship exists between self-defense trained and untrained girls about attitude for self-protection. Both groups coincide that to avoid is the best attitude of self-protection. Self-defense training teaches women different skills and improve their physical and verbal skills and self-defense trained women feel safer than average women those do not have self-defense training in public places. Untrained women contemplate that self-defense training implies victim blaming if self-defense trained women failed to protect themselves from violence and then in consequence everyone will blame her for assault. While self-defense trained women do not concur with them.
Self-defense training gives freedom to move freely in public domain. Therefore, it is necessary that women learn self-defense training because findings manifest that girls with self-defense training are better able to tackle with assault situations and more likely to reduce the risk of violence and confident to talk with stranger than women which do not have training.