So wait — now it's "unfeminist" to defend yourself if attacked? Jesus take the wheel. #missusa — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 9, 2014

Seems Miss Nevada said something about self-defence to a rape question & now half of twitter is freaking out because #MissUSA can’t be smart — Mistressnancy (@Mistressnancy) June 9, 2014

Miss Nevada, Nia Sanchez, was crowned Miss USA on Sunday night. During the pageant, Sanchez, who has a fourth-degree black belt in taekwondo, was asked a question about sexual assaults on college campuses. Sanchez suggested that women get training to learn how to defend themselves.

Guess what happened next:

The #YesAllWomen crowd are going nuts that the winner supports self defense. Haha #MissUSA — Mitch Behna (@MitchBehna) June 9, 2014

For many, yes, the suggestion that women learn to defend themselves was a ridiculous idea, and it even constituted “victim blaming”:

https://twitter.com/caitcremeens/status/475834451201499137

I'm sorry, but women shouldn't need to take self defense classes to protect themselves from rape #MissUSA — Peter Simon (@PeterSimon12) June 9, 2014

Let's hope Nevada uses her media tour to reiterate that teaching girls self defense is NOT the best way to protect against assault #MissUSA — Mandy Velez (@mandy_velez) June 9, 2014

https://twitter.com/shereenTshafi/status/475834545124950016

https://twitter.com/a_mariagarica/status/475833515758866432

https://twitter.com/KelseyBemus/status/475832941461786625

https://twitter.com/hallepalouka/status/475831285290905600

Miss Nevada saying rape can be prevented by women learning self defense and being "confident" ??? — haben (@watshabenin) June 9, 2014

Miss Nevada?Sick of hearing "women need to learn selfdefense from sexual violence"We need a culture we don't have to defend ourselves from — Colleen Gibbons (@GibbonsColleen) June 9, 2014

Women shouldn't need to learn to protect themselves against rape #missnevada educate and respect yourself as a woman #rapeculture — Anna Beth West (@annabethwest) June 9, 2014

I get that the college sexual assault problem can't be solved in 30 secs but still icky to pretend like self defense is the answer. #MissUSA — Elisa Benson (@elisabenson) June 9, 2014

@hayley_lady What she is doing is promoting the idea of a woman taking control of their own life. — Hooray Beerz (@HoorayBeerz1) June 9, 2014

@HoorayBeerz1 Maybe that was her intention, but she should've noted that a lack of self-defense is not the reason behind rape. — Hayley Johnson (@hayley_lady) June 9, 2014

https://twitter.com/cowartemily/status/475830654836695040

https://twitter.com/YamBhands/status/475833019396521984

https://twitter.com/jasinae/status/475830216502554624

Miss Iowa says today's youth are narcissistic followed by Miss Nevada who wants to end rape with self defense classes Really? Sick #MissUSA — Bergen N. Baucom (@BergenNBaucom) June 9, 2014

https://twitter.com/MeaghanAwesome/status/475829786536079360

https://twitter.com/CaitCremeens/status/475829316681338881

No, Miss Nevada. The solution to rape is not that all women should have black belts. Thanks though. #nottheproblem #missedthepoint #MissUSA — Ashley Ramsey Hannum (@ashleyrramsey) June 9, 2014

https://twitter.com/stefawilson/status/475844583663083520

Self-defense training seems to make more sense than certain other ridiculous methods that have been suggested, but apparently many disagree.

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