Miss USA Winner Sparks Feminist Fury: Encourages Women to Avoid Being Victims Through Self-Defense
Feminists were in an uproar over a very controversial and insensitive statement that is sure to haunt Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez for the rest of her life.
The question came from Rumer Willis, who’s known for nothing other than being the daughter of Bruce Willis:
“Recently “Time Magazine” said 19% of U.S. undergraduate women are victims of sexual assault in college. Why has such a horrific epidemic been swept under the rug for so long and what can colleges do to combat this?”
Miss Nevada answered:
“I believe some colleges may potentially be afraid of having a bad reputation, and that would be a reason that it could be swept under the rug because they don’t want it to come out into the public but I think more awareness is very important so women can learn how to protect themselves. Myself as a fourth degree black belt, I learned from a young age that you need to be confident and being able to defend yourself and I think that’s something we should start to implement for a lot of women.”
For the evil sin of publicly advocating for women to take some steps to defend themselves, she was immediately vilified, because as we all know, you just can’t say such things in today’s PC-driven world. Get ready:
Ms. Nevada just said the best way to prevent college rape is to teach women self defense…and not men self-control..?
— اشلي ash (@ashsecks) June 9, 2014
https://www.ijreview.com/2014/06/145792-feminists-spew-scorn-miss-usa-pageant-winner-self-defense-stance/
What’s so bad about what she said. It was a spontaneous answer. Not a written thought-out one. An an answer from her own life experience as an expert in martial arts. Brava for her and her expertise.
Obviously it should be both: Men educated; and women able to defend themselves.
Martial arts classes are very healthful, useful and empowering. Let’s go girls. Knock em out.
Men should be taught to be responsible and that “No means no”.
I practice the self defense of keeping my wallet secured when I’m out. I didn’t realize the real solution was to teach people not to steal.
I think that men should hold all responsibility and women none.
Girl Power !