Introduction to my Senior Project
Ishita U -
Hi, my name is Ishita Upadhyay. I am a Basis Phoenix senior. My project is “Designing an App Prototype to Educate Women on Self-Defense against Sex Crimes”. The goal of this project is to design an app prototype for games focusing on self-defense. These games would be a simulation with different attacks. Women should learn self-defense as they tend to be victims of almost all sex crimes. The purpose of this prototype should be to teach women basic self-defense thus if they are ever in a dangerous situation, they will know how to escape it. The biggest question I will need to answer is how I can make this prototype interactive enough, that women are confident enough to defend themselves.
I have done taekwondo for more than 8 years of my life and one thing I noticed was how I was the only girl in a class. I always wondered why girls didn’t join my taekwondo class, and if they did, why they did not stick around. When I got my black belt in 2021, I realized the harsh truth. Women were treated as inferior to men. I was always put against the smaller boys during class, yet when it came to tournaments, I was put against the bigger and older men. I began to lose confidence in my abilities and thus eventually dropped out. I know there are many girls just like me who were in a martial arts class, however, they felt neglected or lost confidence in themselves as time went on.
My off-site advisor is Professor James Loop. He is a professor at Paradise Valley Community College who game development. He will be aiding me with the code of this prototype and will be overlooking my project making sure it is interactive and free of glitches. Please join me as I develop this prototype to become a helpful tool for women.
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