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Recently, Asiance Magazine<\/strong> asked me to write a monthly column on women\u2019s safety. Now you might ask yourself, \u201cWho in the world is Candace Kita and why is she writing about women\u2019s safety?\u201d Believe me, a few years ago the thought of writing about safety issues would have never crossed my mind, either. I mean, what a dry topic. Why couldn\u2019t they have asked me to do a column on fashion or food reviews? <\/p>\n

But I guess the saying is true: Necessity is the mother of invention. And while I’m an actor by trade, I needed to become a safety expert. Had no choice, in fact.<\/p>\n

Why so touchy? <\/strong><\/p>\n

For over five years, I was stalked and harassed by a man I\u2019d never met. <\/p>\n

Why me?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because I appeared in a print ad for a telephone card. How dumb is that? But it caught the attention of one unhinged person and, in the process, very nearly made my life miserable. <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be clear here: I\u2019m not famous. I\u2019m a working actor and model. I\u2019m not an Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston, but I earn a living in the public eye. And I got lucky: my public profile meant that the LAPD\u2019s Threat Management Unit finally took my case. However, in the four years it took for them to accept it, I researched the hell out of inappropriate behavior. <\/p>\n

And I discovered that, for the average gal, there is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(a)<\/strong> little category_idance available for what you should do if a random, potentially dangerous person decides that you\u2019re his reason to live and;
\n(b)<\/strong> if this could happen to me, it could happen to anyone. <\/p>\n

That means there’s a lot of women who need the same category_idance it took me years to find. <\/p>\n

In the process of protecting my own information, I realized how much personal information is readily available to just about everyone. The average person puts out as much information about themselves as I did as an actor. With the advent of Chat Roulette, Twitter, Facebook and online dating sites, you can find just about anyone. I began to wonder, “Do women really know the potential consequences of putting so much personal information on their Facebook? Or when they Tweet their class schedules?\u201d<\/strong> It’s an information buffet for sexual predators, stalkers and random weirdos. All it takes to ruin your life is one person for whom the phrase \u201csocially appropriate\u201d is meaningless.<\/p>\n

So next month, I\u2019ll talk about what we can do to prevent inappropriate behavior before it happens.<\/strong> You know, nipping it in the bud and getting rid of someone before they cause problems. Because life has enough hassles on its own, right?<\/p>\n

An actor and women\u2019s safety advocate, Candace Kita is the author of \u201cThe Hottie Handbook: A Girl\u2019s category_ide to Safety.” As a safety specialist, Candace has been interviewed by People, Good Morning America, the Jay Leno Show, Inside Edition, the Los Angeles Times, 48 Hours, the LOGO Network and WHO Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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