Welcome to Season 7! In this episode, we're talking about the Feminine Voice in Self Defense. This episode touches on the following topics:

Women's "hysteria" and the female voice

The history of "hysteria" as a medical diagnosis

Upcoming immersive performance in Berlin about Hysteria and the Female Voice

Traditional self defense thinking about using the voice, e.g., shouting no, speaking with confidence & why Pretty Deadly doesn't teach that

Pretty Deadly's "F*CK YEAH!" game

The Kiai in martial arts and daily life

The Kiai to short-circuit an attack

Mom Voice to shut down a threat

The Ivanka Trump Voice for de-escalation

Little Girl Voice for protection

Authority Voice for confidence

Angry Black Woman Voice: how black women's voices are weaponized against them

Hysteria as a tool of control

Hysteria and madness as a form of self defense

What we can do about it now

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