In today's blog post we are doing a review of one of the most popular self-defense products in the marketplace. It is called the Mace Pepper Gel. It has a formulation of 1.4% major capsaicinoids and 10% oleoresin capsicum with 2 million Scoville heat units. It has 20 half-second bursts up to 18 feet away. Like all Mace products it has a...

click for more info Here is a story about how domestic violence shelters pretty much all over the country are at capacity during the recent heat wave. At first that doesn't seem like it should be a contributing factor. But when people get stressed out with high humidity and high temperatures, tempers flare and violence escalates. You can read the whole story...

click for more info As the military tries again to deal with an epidemic of sexual assaults, these three service members have witnessed the problem firsthand. They know what happens when those who are victimized try to report assaults. They have seen commanders look away or worse. You can read the whole story HERE. "The Senate is drafting its annual defense bill...

This is a story about how the College of Charleston is treating sexual assault allegations. You can read the whole story HERE. "The appearance that a college is tolerating sexual misconduct isn't confined to CofC or the Citadel, which has experienced its own troubles. College campuses nationwide have apparently accepted sexual assault, looked away in spite of horrific evidence, and blamed victims....

Here's a story out of Egypt, where attacks against women in Tarir Square are literally out of control You can read the whole story HERE. And in another story the Air Force is pulling a brochure from an Air Force base telling women that is sometimes better to submit to a sexual assault. You can read that whole unbelievable story HERE. The...

want more info? click here Assaults against women, particularly rape get a lot of publicity in India. But their neighbor Pakistan this morning a decrease in the number of sexual assaults against women. But the number of acid attacks on women in Pakistan is up by 89%. You can read the whole story HERE. Women in India and in Pakistan are turning...