Street Smart Safety for Women - Joy Farrow and Laura Frombach

Published: Nov. 14, 2023, 6 p.m.

In a book written by women for women,\xa0Street Smart Safety for Women\xa0offers tips on defensive living that will increase readers' reliance on the one thing that can protect them most: their safety intuition.\n\n\nViolence against women is a global health issue. The threats women face today are unparalleled and more dangerous than ever before. And, for the first time in history, the toxic cocktail of technology and social media has weaponized misogyny and virtualized violence against women.\n\n\nThere\u2019s an even more serious challenge that faces women today. Social conditioning\u2014the way our systems of family life, education, employment, entertainment and pop culture, spirituality and religion influence us\u2014 leaves many of us ill-equipped to deal not only with this escalating surge of attacks, but also the unrelenting prevalence of sexual assault, domestic violence, and scams.\n\n\nIn\xa0Street Smart Safety for Women, retired Deputy Sheriff Joy Farrow and technologist Laura Frombach, herself a survivor of a violent household, draw on their experiences both personal and professional to provide those answers. Dedicated to educating women in personal safety and showing them a defensive living strategy and trusting in themselves can reduce their probability of becoming a victim of a crime.\n\nLearn More:\xa0https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Street-Smart-Safety-for-Women/Joy-Farrow/9780757324932