He Could Have Drowned Her

CSardothien_1 · 2021-07-06T23:54:23+00:00

As a former lifeguard of over 8 years, if you find yourself in a situation where someone is holding you under water, a trick they taught us in training was to pinch as hard as you can at their underarm (tricep). They’ll let go real quick, and that’s your chance to swim down and away. When someone grabs you by the feet it’s a little more tricky, but since most people are way lighter in the water they taught us for this scenario was to go sink down to their level and grab their wrists, move your hands up to the same spot under the arm and pinch as hard as you can. If that’s not an option getting down to their level and a quick jab to the nose will absolutely get you a release for you to swim away to safety. This is horrifying that this woman had to endure something like this more than once!

ItsFreezen · 2021-07-06T21:39:27+00:00

"She added that the lifeguard and duty manager intervened, saying they did not think the man should be in the fast lane.
But despite this, the swimmer insisted he was fast enough - and even offered the woman to have a race.
Dr Perry, from London, said there was also another man swimming fast in the same lane, but nothing happened to him."

quasarbar · 2021-07-06T21:01:41+00:00

She had to leave? He should have left. In handcuffs.

ShieldMaidenLagertha · 2021-07-06T18:43:15+00:00

I hope she can press charges.

Lucifers_Treasurer · 2021-07-06T18:44:10+00:00

"This is not the first time Dr. Perry is attacked in a swimming pool.

She said that five years ago a man kicked her in the stomach and told her she was intimidating him by swimming too fast - despite being in the fast lane."

Her story is reported in the Mirror : https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/horror-woman-dragged-underwater-male-24443695

Edit : She shared more about the story in the Independent : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/swimming-pool-west-london-attack-b1875453.html

Equestrian-Bitch · 2021-07-06T21:21:41+00:00

WTF? Why did she have to leave? He should’ve left in handcuffs!

I so want to know what nonsense he was yelling at her.

thefemaleequivalent · 2021-07-06T19:25:57+00:00

Heard her on R4 woman’s hour last week. Absolutely appalling.

TumbleweedForeign699 · 2021-07-06T19:48:34+00:00

Wtf. Is wrong with men 😞

BBQCoolRanchQueen · 2021-07-06T19:33:00+00:00

Men just can't stand women being better at something than them. Not life threatening like that situation, but I had an in-law scrote mad at me last week because I spoke Finnish better than him (he never spoke or took Finnish lessons in his life, he's not even of Finnish decent). He got all pissy at me because I told him how "sauna" is actually pronounced, and then he tried to mansplain that the English pronunciation was the proper way, then told me that speaking multiple languages is not a sign of intelligence and doesn't take that much brain power to learn languages. Truly the male ego is so fragile. So much so that women are at risk of actually having their lives ended.

Edit; added a sentence

Thelimitdoes · 2021-07-06T19:36:53+00:00

Wtf???

Significant-Pizza249 · 2021-07-07T00:28:13+00:00

I posted this in another sub who shared Dr. Perry's story but I'll comment it here again:

I've never been physically attacked when swimming but I relate to this super hard. I've encountered SO many (usually middle aged or old) guys get really mad because I swim faster than them.

Once I was just casually lap swimming at the YMCA and because there were so many people we had to split lanes. I ended up in a lane with this old middle aged guy and he swam in the middle of the lane and just would not let me pass him. When I managed to swim around him and got to the wall, he started going off on me calling me a b*tch and some racial slurs that I won't be repeating here. Literally ruined my whole day....

Why can't these men understand that not everything is a competition and a woman happening to be faster is not meant at a personal attack??

revontulet1 · 2021-07-07T01:09:44+00:00

I've had a man hold me under water before trying to "rough play". I left the pool in tears. We need women only pools.

Emergency-Feed8216 · 2021-07-07T06:16:22+00:00

There was a recent article on this by an international competitive swimming champion from NZ who'd been forced to practice in public pools and had been repeatedly attacked by men for out-swimming them. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/swimming-abuse-women-catcalling-b1875324.html

Novemberinthechair · 2021-07-07T06:02:34+00:00

What. The. Fuck?

He should have been hauled in for assualt. Truthfully, boys did this to me when I was a kid. Oh, it's so funny to watch a girl grasp for air while she's scared to death. Haha. So funny.

spiderunderweb · 2021-07-07T00:17:35+00:00

This is terrifying. We need women only spaces

modernmedusaa · 2021-07-07T06:42:15+00:00

I would of gauged his eyeballs out. Don’t forget you have nails sisters, eyeballs aren’t too fond of them. Biotin is great for increasing your nail strength.

Motherofvampires · 2021-07-07T09:19:54+00:00

I don't understand why he wasn't told to leave. This is not acceptable behaviour. He should have had an instant ban from that entire establishment.

kwallio · 2021-07-06T23:25:08+00:00

I guess I'm glad I swim super slow, the worst I've experienced in public pools is horrible halitosis that you could smell halfway across the pool.

Honestly while I prefer the long course having short course with everyone in their own lane is sometimes better. A lot of people just don't seem to understand how lanes work.

BoredOfBeing · 2021-07-07T16:54:06+00:00

She needs to file attempted manslaughter charged or atleast aggravated assault. People have absolutely died or risked permanent brain damage/lung damage from this exact scenario

eagleverest · 2021-07-07T14:34:15+00:00

Dude… wtf. I would have the police on scene ASAP.

Professional-Pea-317 · 2021-07-07T17:25:37+00:00

Shouldn't he be charged with attempted murder?

Title	He Could Have Drowned Her
Author	Lucifers_Treasurer
Upvotes	1722
Comments	68
Date	July 6, 2021 6:33 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/FemaleDatingStrategy
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