In Self Defense

March 5, 2008 - 12:40 PM by Stephanie

What kind of a bizarro world do we live in, asks “The Fridge” when International Women’s Day is celebrated by the Israeli parliament by giving female Knesset members self-defense lessons?

Local press is running this image of Israel’s female Knesset (parliament) members being “treated to” a self defense lesson.

Fridge is none too happy:

I am all for female empowerment but I have to wonder whether the legislative branch became so toothless that the message it wants to convey to the female citizens can be broken down to:

* men are coming to harm you
* the country cannot/would not defend you
* better learn to scream ‘no!’ and prepare for a fight

Tags: • Category: History and Culture, Holidays, Israeliness, Life 

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