“The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels, and we learn too late they are the devil in disguise.” This quote by author Carlos Wallace can pretty much sum up the world we live in, especially for many women.
Day in and day out, they worry about potential dangers while going through their daily routines, which oftentimes aren’t readily noticeable. As a result, many of them have resorted to unorthodox, even “unhinged” methods to keep themselves safe.
We’ve collected these responses from a recent TikTok post. Ladies, feel free to chime in with your own tips!
#1
My momma said you can always apologize for overreacting. You can’t apologize if you’re dead. Make a damn scene.
158points
#2
I heard someone say to teach your children an adult isn’t going to ask a child for help. They don’t need a child to find their lost dog or whatever.
156points
#3
Thought a guy put something in my drink once I switched them when he wasn’t looking and he passed out 10 minutes later
148points
#4
My friend in middle school realized she was being followed. She turned around to face the guy who had a smirk. Started twitching & cackling then sprinted dead on at him. grown dude ran away screaming
146points
#5
Scream mom don’t scream help. You scream, Mom, every single mother in that vicinity is gonna look.
143points
#6
A cop came to my high school and told the girls “you have a better chance of surviving a gun shot than a man who takes you to a 2nd location” never let a man force you into his car even at gunpoint
143points
#7
Tiny can of pink spray paint, impossible to get out of eyes, easy to get a description on someone with pink spray paint in their eyes walking into a hospital for help
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143points
#8
I tell my teen daughter and her friends that if an older guys can't get a girl his age, it's because there's something wrong with him.
133points
#9
Keep a bat with a knee-high sock on the business end (not where you hold it)—that way, if/when the bat is grabbed mid-swing, they’ll grab the sock, bat slips out and you can keep on swinging
131points
#10
I heard someone once say when in dangerous situations for women, “Dont get scared, get angry.” It changed my entire way of thinking bc my gut reaction is to be scared
128points
#11
use pepper gel not spray! spray can blow back in your face and it forms a cloud. gel shoots straight with no blow back and it's sticky the more they rub the worse it gets!
127points
#12
you have NO obligation to open your door everytime someone knocks on it.
125points
#13
LADIES! A man will NEVER ask you for help if he actually needs it, especially car related. He will ask another man. If he's asking you, LEAVE IMMEDIATELY (happens at gas stations or parking lots)
117points
#14
to this day remind my adult child “if you are abducted…. Fight to the death. Either you die or they die, but someone dies.
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115points
#15
A hydroflask. Don’t ask- but it seriously SAVED MY LIFE one time. You a hit a mf in they’re head w all you got & it’ll knock them clean out.
114points
#16
When you are anywhere and you sense or see a man staring at you, stop and stare at them back. With no emotion. Now you know what they look like and you look like less of a target to them. Stay aware
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114points
#17
I befriended the homeless men that would hang out outside my job. My boss would get mad at me. I told him I felt safer with them as my friends. One of them saved me from a guy trying to rob me
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112points
#18
Never scream “leave me alone!” If some dude is following you, that makes people think it’s a lover’s spat. Scream “I don’t know you!” That activates people
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112points
#19
My dad used to say "the leading cause of death is embarrassment."
111points
#20
911 dispatcher here: No. Second. Location.
109points