It’s not the size of the woman in the fight but the size of the fight in the woman.
At 5 feet 3 inches and 115 pounds, “Kathleen” can attest to that. When she was assaulted by a knife-wielding rapist, it was her animal-like determination to not be raped or killed, coupled with a no-holds-barred willingness to do the unthinkable, that saved her life. While she fought for control of the knife, another assailant’s finger slipped into her mouth. Terrified and mad as hell, Kathleen clamped down on the intrusive digit.
“I felt my teeth go through his bone,” she recounted. “I was so enraged that I went primal. Just because I’m a woman doesn’t mean I can’t fight like an animal.”
Whether they are black belts or pacifists, female assault survivors all attest that once an attack is under way and escape is no longer
