How to know when you're in Danger

Don’t be fooled by a charming face-even seemingly sweet strangers can turn out to be ruthless criminals. Here are the seven warning signs that could save your life according to the violence expert Gavin Fear.

The statistic and account in this article may have come from the U.S. but violence applies to women in different countries across the globe. Whenever you are in the world, it’s important to know when you’re in danger and learn what to do to avoid becoming victim.

Being Charm and Nice:

          Being charming is an ability that one chooses to use, not a personality trait. Think of it’s as a verb, not an objective. To charm is to compel by allure or attraction. So when someone keeps flashing a big smile or cracks jokes. Think to yourself, this person is trying to charm me as opposed to this person is charming.

Niceness does not equal to goodness; niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction. People seeking to control others almost always present the image of being a nice in the beginning.

Many Details:

When people are telling the truth, they don’t feel doubted, so they feel the need to provide additional support in the form of details. When people lie, however, even if what they say sounds credible to you, it doesn’t credible to them, so they keep on talking, offering up all those irrelevant unreliable information.

Stereotype:

With this strategy, a man labels a woman in some slightly critical way, hoping she’ll feel compelled to prove him wrong. For instance, he might say, “You’re probably too