![]() ![]() “There’s a consequence to asserting themselves that boys don’t have… When men say ‘no’ it’s ‘no.’ When women say ‘no’ it’s the beginning of negotiation. Many times girls are called names when they assert themselves, she said. People who intend harm “are emergencies,” she said, “which is one way to describe everything from mild bullying to physical assault.” “You practice what to do before the fire is happening.” In teaching and training sessions, Snortland’s approach is similar to being prepared in case of emergencies, such as a fire, she said. ![]() “Often times, (the assailant) is someone they’re acquainted with or a family member - if so, it’s under-reported even more.” ![]() “One in three females will be assaulted sometime in their life, according to the World Health Organization,” she said. The danger of physical attack is just as real. People prepare for auto accidents and, in California, for earthquakes, she said. “Yet no one ever talked to me about self-defense. I was raised in a loving family,” she said. “I am well-educated, well-read, well-traveled. Snortland, a lawyer and film producer in Los Angeles, is author of the book, “Beauty Bites Beast.”Ī self-proclaimed “proud Dakotan,” she was raised in South Dakota and spent summers with her family in Bismarck where her uncle, Howard Snortland, served many years as head of public instruction for North Dakota. “Most of us never got the basics in terms of setting boundaries, so it’s a good read regardless of (the reader’s) age,” she said. ![]()
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