While we're on the subject of self-protection suggestions that are irrational, here's one I got from my friend and instructor Lee Morrison. It's concerning the advice for women to put the strap of their handbag over their head and shoulder rather than just their shoulder to, supposedly, make it more difficult for bag snatchers to grab it and make off with it.
As Lee says, do you really want to be tied to your assailant like that? Is he really going to give up when the bag doesn't come away easily? Or is he going to punch you a couple times in the head till you slump to the floor and then it'll come away just as easily. Like the last one, the suggestion of making it more difficult for the goblin has to be balanced against the risk to your own safety.
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