I am not saying that the woman acted improperly. I am merely stating the obvious, that a man who did what she did would likely be in legal trouble.
The law takes into account one’s ability to defend oneself. Whereas a man’s physical strength may be enough to counter the threat, a woman, generally physically weaker than a man, might need added protection.
If this was san francisco, the woman would be prosecuted for violating the right of the flasher to expose himself.
What should a woman do when a man exposes himself?
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Point and laugh
as you get your gun out with the other hand..
Would the man in your hypothetical also have a small child with him? This was probably the real target in the real incident. And...there aren’t too many men who would be threatened by a woman exposing herself.
This article is rife with inaccuracies. They should have looked at a map first before publishing.
First, Longview WA is NOT in Clark County.
I live in Longview and it is in Cowlitz County. Lake Sacajawea is a National Historical site and a very beautiful park that unfortunately attacts criminals.
The State of Washington dumps many sexual offenders here because the creeps request to be located here. There is an interstate bridge between Longview and Rainier, OR, which means easy access to the State of Oregon where sex offenders can prowl and offend, then cross back over the border.
By the way, some man pulls that stunt with me, I will first laugh and point causing his privates to shrivel to the size of raisins, then pull out my Ruger and shoot his raisins off.
Pull a David Niven and say:
Well, that was almost bound to happen... But isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?”
When my mom was 12 y.o. a guy flashed her from his car. She took the license number, told her dad who was a police officer. He took one or two coworkers and gave the guy a delivery of knuckle sandwiches.
If you have a jar of pickles in your pocket book, take one out and show him a gherkins.
Pointing and laughing is a good second act, too.
A guy did that to me in a university library once in grad school. I was gathering books for a paper I had to write and he stepped out from behind the stacks with his zipper open and his willy out. I just pointed and said calmly, “Your pants are open.” He whirled around and vanished behind a row of books, and I went on with my research.
Cold cock him.
This happened to my wife,about 20 years ago.She looked at him and laughed.
Target practice.
From Wikipedia,
The Norwegian Buhund is a breed of dog of the spitz type. It is closely related to the Icelandic Sheepdog and the Jämthund. The name Buhund is derived from the Norwegian word "bu" which means farm, homestead or mountain hut, where the shepherd lived while looking after his herd in the summer. The Buhund is used as an all purpose farm and herding dog, as well as watch dog.Photo below for illustrative purposes (i.e., not her particular pooch). Good dog!
Laugh and point.
Laugh and point.
Laugh and point.
While this woman did everything right, there is one more thing she could have done, which has been shown to be very effective against “weenie-waggers”. A cell phone camera.
In some places, police are now encouraging women who are assailed on buses and subways to take one or more pictures of their assailant, mostly because it erases all doubt in the mind of the police, so they can go into the full “wolf pack” mode to chase down the “crippled small-prong”.
However, that being said, the pervs know that once their picture has been taken, they are severely p0wned, so if you have a camera in one hand, it is a very good idea to have a gun in the other. That is, the perv might rush you to get your camera instead of running away, so may need a few ‘red holes’ to convince him to not do that.
In any event, about the only criticism from police at that point will be about your shot grouping.
Aim about three feet lower.