...And I feel fine.

[attack_laurel]

It's Armageddon Week on the History Channel.  With the awesomeness of a new decade (no pedantic arguments please, we all know how much everyone loves round numbers) and the looming approach of 2012, it's just been a free-for-all of survivalist crazy and fun times predicting what it would be like if we all died from Hamthrax or a Solar flare, or

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[evil_fionn]

"If you choose knives, make sure you know how to use them."
My biggest worry for MOST (note I did not say all) women at the end of days is the squeamish factor. Yes, a lot of women would kill to protect their children. Fewer I think would kill to protect themselves. That bit of psychological conditioning would have to be overcome... Especially if you are having to do it up close and personal with a knife.
Being the natural pessimist that I am, and being raised in the environment I was, I can honestly say that in a "kill or be killed" scenario, I really don't think I would have trouble using a knife on someone.
Unfortunately, a club does not guarantee you will immobilize and hurt someone long enough for you to get away, or that they will not come after you again. And again you have that conditioning of having to be close enough physically to hurt the person.
Yes, you only have a limited amount of ammunition with a gun (as much as you have in your clip) but it removes some of the mental issues with being close to someone, and if you know how to operate it, you can injure them badly enough that it's a lose-lose situation to come after you again if you don't cost them their lives the first time around. So for a lot of females I think the gun might be a better option.
Just making an observation, mind you, based on the females I know and their psychology.
One other thing about cigarettes... Yes, I smoke. But I guarantee you the day Armageddon arrives I will quit. Not because of the jonesing for the tobacco part, but because of the smell. Ditto for all scented anything (deodorants, shampoo, detergents, soaps). We would fall back on the more basic survival instincts and senses we have, and smell is the first and foremost, for both predators and prey.

[attack_laurel]

Individuals are free to make their own choices about how to defend themselves. Most women have not had the training with knives or guns to be able to use them comfortably (note, I say comfortably, not adequately. It's familiarity and ease with a weapon that makes you fast), and I would include myself, even though I own guns. I'm somewhat pragmatic myself, I believe that the way out of a fight is not to get in one.

[evil_fionn]

Agreed.
:-)