Safety Tips, Tricks and Gadgets for Women

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Safety Tips, Tricks and Gadgets for Women

We live in a violent society, truth be told, and women are unfortunately exposed to plenty of attacks every single day, all over the world. While the primary objective of society should be education, prevention and proper reprimand of such acts, it is not less true that women also managed to step up their game and contribute to their own safety. Luckily, the modern world offers them plenty of opportunities to get in control, stay safe and even defend themselves. Let’s see a few safety tips, tricks and even gadgets to keep yourself safe at all times, no matter if you walk alone in the city, travel the world or experience a house break-in attempt.

1. Be Aware of Your Surroundings

This rule is applicable to all circumstances and it simply means that you need to pay attention to the world around you. Listening to music in the street or spending your time glued to the smartphone’s screen make you look vulnerable to pick-pocketing, attacks and other crimes.

2. Take Self-Defense Lessons

You don’t need to go the full ten yards and start martial arts classes – they are time consuming and they won’t save you from a dire situation until you are fully trained and experienced. On the other hand, there are plenty of viable self-defense classes available for women of all ages that teach you how to manage a real live situation.

3. Stay Safe in Cyberspace

While the Internet is a fun and educational place, it is also crowded with all sorts of predators. Keep you personal information to yourself, especially if you spend a lot of time on social media platforms. There is no need for strangers to know your phone number or home address – stalking can be sometimes the lesser evil that can happen to you.

4. Make Your Driving Routine Safe

You can always avoid a car jack or a car attack by keeping all your windows and doors locked. Also, if you drive with your windows open, never leave your purse within reach, as it can be grabbed instantly by a criminal while you wait at the traffic light.

Some Gadgets Can Save Your Life

An interesting project gaining popularity nowadays is the “Undercover Color” nail polish – a special polish that changes color when in contact with date rape drugs like Xanax, Rohypnol or GHB. All you have to do is put your finger inside the drink you are offered and run as fast as you can if the nail polish changes color. Of course, women shouldn’t be taught how to prevent their own sexual assault, but men should be taught to never engage in such vicious acts – however, date rape also happens among friends or close acquaintances, not only when a stranger offers a woman a drink in a bar.

The Red Panic Button

Safety Tips, Tricks and Gadgets for Women

Available for your smartphone and Pebble wearable device, this is an app all women should have installed at all times. It is particularly useful when you travel, take a cab at night, live alone in the house or feel that a car jack is about to occur. The Panic Button app allows you to send a distress call to a preset list of emergency contacts letting them know you are in a dire situation – and also sending them your GPS location.

The Panic Button is useful if you get lost in the city or in a destination you travel to, when a cab driver doesn’t seem to take the right route to your home, somebody seems to want to break into your home / hotel room / office and so on. The ones receiving your location and distress call can immediately initiate a search and rescue operation and find you in time. The advantage of the Red Button is that it can be operated discretely without alerting a potential criminal of your intentions.

There are plenty of other means to stay safe and you can take a look at some gadgets, apps and tools to be as protected as you can.

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