A few ideas from an unrelated website... (healthyplace.com)
http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Abuse/lisk/self_defense_rape.htm
Safety Tips and Self-Defense Against Rape
The best defenses against rape take no training. They are:
-Yelling, running away and calling the police
-If you feel uneasy about someone, don't let them isolate you.
-Make a scene if you must.
-Get to where other people are.
-Use your viewer to see who is outside before you open the door.
-Never let someone in if you feel uneasy about them.
-Teach your children not to let others come into your home without your permission.
-If someone wants to use the phone you can take the number and make the phone call for them.
-Never enter your home alone if you think someone has entered illegally
A few from the women participating on the forum...
Safety Ideas to Prevent Sexual Assault
Because of what happened to me, I spend a lot of time thinking about and discussing ways to make our lives safer from sexual assault. I've never met a group of women who couldn't come up with hundreds of great ideas. Here are a few examples to get you started thinking about how to make your own life safer.
Think about how you carry your car keys. Do you hold your keys in the hand you are most likely to use to defend yourself, your dominant hand? Learn to open your car and house doors with either hand. Consider wearing your keys on a bracelet-style chain; then if you let go they won't drop.
What information are you giving out without even realizing it? Carrying your mail in plain view, for instance, gives anybody who looks the gift of your name and address.
If your answering machine says, "Hello, this is Susan," it may sound like you're a woman living alone. If it states your phone number, know that people can use that to find out where you live. Consider what you want phone callers to know about you. And then have some fun with it!
The rest of world is deluded and totally nuts, right, tiassa?