Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) Self-Defense Training at California State University University at Monterey Bay. (Sorry, officer!) After the course, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I wasn’t as anxious about my safety in public or private. I took great pride in being the only participant able to injure the instructor through the RedMan suit. We helped each other get in and out of boxing gear that final night and cheered each other on as we fought off the instructor. The women in the class bonded over our shared experiences and fears. I signed up and spent the whole week terrified of the final evening of the class when the women would don boxing gear and fight off an attacker, a police officer in a RedMan suit. My new university offered a free women’s self-defense class called Rape Aggression Defense (RAD). I eventually escaped unscathed but only with the help of my family, friends, and university police.Įven after moving cities and changing schools, I spent too much time anxiously looking over my shoulder. After I filed multiple reports with campus police, the Dean of Students summoned me for a lecture about my stalker’s rights.
It started when a 27-year-old graduate student, whom I did not know, began showing up wherever I was on campus. I was a seventeen-year-old college freshman when I realized I was being stalked.
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