we see eye gouging for what it is, an assaultive behavior perpetrated by the mentally insane and sexually deranged. Statistically it is not an effective self defense tool, and practically it is a poor way to create enough traumatic injury to end a critical incident.
Eye gouging that falls short of the enucleation of the eye, such as an eye poke, can have a deterrent effect in a sporting context.
During a pitched struggle for survival our nervous system shuts down pain receptors and many assault victims report eye gouging only further enraged their attacker!
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