Despite women’s increasing numbers in the labor market and advances in women’s rights over the last several decades, women are still discriminated in the workplace. This year’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report that women who work 41-44 hours per week earn less than 85% of what men working the same hours earn. As women work longer hours, their percentage of men’s earnings decrease: women working over 60 hours per week earn 78% of men who work the same hours.

Women’s self-defense skills is an important skill. Whether you are walking from to your car in a dark parking lot, using public transport, or trying to get help when your car breaks down on a country road, knowing how to protect and defend yourself in a dangerous situation can be critical to your physical and emotional health. Preventing these situations from occurring, however, is much more important.

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence defines domestic violence like this: “Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior perpetrated by an intimate partner against another.  It is an epidemic affecting individuals in every community, regardless of age, economic status, race, religion, nationality or educational background.  Violence against [...]

According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, 1 in 6 women are victims of an attempted or completed rape each year. More shockingly, 11% of high school aged females are raped each year, and as many as 25% of college aged women experience complete or attempted rape each year. Even worse, these numbers underestimate the problem because many women are afraid to report a rape incident to the police, much less family members or friends. Rape victims often feel ashamed, guilty, embarrassed of the incident or threatened by the sexual predator.

Ladies, stop rummaging through your husband’s closet looking for a pair of over-sized jeans to wear to the worksite. Even if you do find a pair hidden in the abyss of flannels and thermals, those jeans are going to be too big, uncomfortable and possibly hazardous. At SafetyGirl.com we strive to bring you sturdy and [...]

By Kristi Ries
Shoes: they come in many varieties, all women love them, and every woman never seems to have enough! You probably have a closet full of flip-flops, sneakers, heels and flats. Among those, a few thigh-high leather boots might fill up the remainder of your closet. Your collection appears to be complete.
And then there [...]