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Female Joggers
Should Carry
An Aid to Help
Defend Themselves
Female
joggers can find themselves at numerous distinct
disadvantages when being confronted by male
predators who appear suddenly in their path,
particularly if the joggers are near the end of
their runs and close to exhaustion.
Relative
size is the most obvious disadvantage, since
males are generally bigger and stronger, and you
have to add in the element of surprise. If the
intruder is carrying a weapon, of course, that
increases the odds against joggers considerably.
So some kind
of defense mechanism should always be carried by
female joggers. There are many to choose from
today, but one that is favored by many female
joggers is Hot Walkers.
One of the
best features of Hot Walkers is that it doesn’t
look like a defense weapon. It doesn’t look
like any kind of weapon. It is actually a very
practical product because it is a pair of
aerobic hand weights, the kind people use to
keep their hearts in good shape.
Recently
when I gave my daughter a set as a present, she
was very pleased, thinking it was going to
enhance her jogging sessions….which it will, but
that’s not all. In the past, she had always
shrugged off the idea of any kind of
self-defense device, thinking – as so many young
people do – that “it can’t happen to me.” Well,
it can, and does, all the time.
But in this
case, when she learned that Hot Walkers also
provided a measure of safety she was happy,
because the “weapon” part of it is so subtle.
If attacked, all she would have to do is to
press a button and hit the astonished attacker
with a pepper spray, providing time to make an
escape and call for help.
Hot Walkers, then, is a multiple-duty
self-defense device that offers even other
conveniences. There is a storage compartment
for keys and money. And there are elastic hand
straps for support.
There are
many alternative self-defense devices from which
to choose, and all of them have a place, but Hot
Walkers seems to be winning over a large number
of female joggers who want to double-up with
their jogging exercise program and have the
self-confidence of knowing they also have a
means to defend themselves. |
