I think girls should learn karate (or other martial arts) from young to protect themselves from serial rapists, etc, especially in places and countries where there is a high incidence of crimes (including rape) against girls and women. Check out a video on how a girl protected herself from a man on Youtube: http://thisisham.com/man-tries-to-abduct-little-girl-with-black-belt-and-did-not-see-this-coming/
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