A couple of years ago I had to use self – defense to defend myself against one guy was bothering me.I was at Cleveland State waiting for one of my classes to start so I was in one of the common areas.This one guy, Joe, who I knew through a mutual friend came and talked to me. He wanted to know what I was doing and we started to have a conversation.Joe commented that I was wearing a skirt because it was hot outside. While he was talking to me he kept looking at my thigh and how good my legs looked. Then he put his hand on my thigh as a joke so I moved his hand and told him to stop. Joe though that I was joking so he put this hand back on my thigh again. I moved his hand again and said, “What are you doing? Stop It”. He looked at me like I was confused and then said, Oh, you know you like it” and put his hand on the back of my neck. I never let anyone touch my neck because I used to have horrible dreams when I was younger about being strangled. Now I had explained this to Joe prior so there was no excuse for touching my neck. I grabbed his hand and through it off my neck. I reminded him that I hate it when anyone touches my neck. Joe did not listen to me and grabbed my neck harder than before. At this point I was scared that he was going to hurt me so I saw his pen right next to me so I grabbed with my left hand. I rapped my left arm around my neck and stabbed his hand. I stabbed him so hard that I drew blood. He jumped out of his chair and asked, “What was that for?” I looked at him and yielded at him that he knew that I did not want him to touch me anymore. Just because I was wearing a skirt, that did not give him the right to touch me in anyway. To this day he will not go anywhere near me because he is afraid that I will hurt him again. If I needed to I would do it again.