A large number of women these days feel safer and secure around other women, rather than men. And for good reasons: female bodyguards nowadays are just as well trained as men are areas such as:
- Assessing coercion situations
- Defense and restraint
- Incident management
- Defusing and managing conflict
Most criminals will not suspect a well dressed woman casually walking behind, shopping next to a VIP in a busy mall or sitting next to a VIP that is out on the town. Many people will not even realize that the woman is in fact a female bodyguard that is highly trained in martial arts and skilled with various weapons such as firearms, Tasers and knives to name a few. Female bodyguards are therefore often mistaken as a friend of the VIP and not an actual bodyguard.
Many VIPs also feel that they prefer female bodyguard services as woman tend to have a degree of "female intuition" that their male bodyguard colleagues lack. Some people may disagree but many people feel that females offering bodyguard services are better at negotiating hostage situations, have excellent conflict management skills and are able to pay close attention to details that may be overlooked by male bodyguard services. Female bodyguards are also able to transport their clients with VIP protection transport skills.
Female bodyguard services are often preferred for children that require VIP protection services, and many female VIPs also prefer female bodyguards as they feel more comfortable having a woman in their presence at all times. Indeed, female bodyguards can accompany their female clients in fitting-rooms in a boutique, in beauty shops or ladies’ room in a restaurant.
Female bodyguard services may also sometimes have more leeway when it comes to perhaps nudging persistent paparazzi away from a VIP. If a male bodyguard attempted to do the same, he may encounter a few problems and not be as successful as a female bodyguard would, as people are generally more lenient towards woman than men.