This was the WSJ, not leftist, pure Bethamite utilitarianism The basis of the argument is that if one must submit to a bad experience try and make it as less unpleasant as possible. Strangely enough there are a number of documented cases in which women have psychologically disarmed break and entry would be rapists with this technique. The men it worked on were mostly young and white and were completely flummoxed by a woman volunteaily undressing while continuing to speak calmly and softly to them asking them why they really were doing this. In a couple cases a naked older woman ended up having a weeping boy who was technically a man sobbing in her arms and begging for forgiveness. Not recommended in most cases but a naked woman with stones and real emotional control can sometimes disarm a confused and shakey boy pretending to be a tough guy. The phrase ‘what would your mother think of you doing this?’ does some time throw young white guys.
my bad- i saw it as wapo=- not wsj-
A Gun works a heck of alot better- a woman cant take the chance that 1 in a 1000 attackers might be emotionally manipulated, and ‘might feel empathy and stop their attack’