Originally Posted by
pinkrobe
She also believes strongly in multiple groin kicks and the eye gouge.
Man are well equipped to instinctively protect the groin, and all humans will protect their eyes quite well. Relying on those attacks is, IMHO, foolish. Secondly, if you kick a man in the groin and his pain tolerance is high or adrenaline is running, then all you've really accomplished is to piss him off while you're standing on one foot. Same with knee kicks. Ever watch MMA? Those guys kick each other in the knees all the time. Knees are tougher than you might think - if they weren't, one wouldn't use knee strikes.
Better to go to an effective self-defense class like RAD and have a bag of tricks that are routinely practiced than to rely on fantasy. Practicing the half-mile sprint is good self-defense too.