And the Hello and welcome back to multi-level Mondays.

My name is Blair or the Illuminati and today we're going to be talking about a Spicy's topic,

at least one that is personally spicy to me.

If you've listened to pretty much any of the

multi-level Monday episodes here on the podcast, you'll know that these

MLMs really have a knack for targeting women and calling their products and their business model

empowering, all while the women involved make maybe a couple hundred dollars a year if they make

a profit at all.

But today's featured multi-level marketing company,

Damsel and Defence, is a special kind of stupid. And I'll admit today I may be

just slightly more opinionated than usual, and I'm sure you'll see why in a moment here. maybe just

I'm just slightly more opinionated than usual,

and I'm sure you'll see why in a moment here.

But before I get a little too far ahead of myself,

let's just dive right in and get into the basics

of what Damsel and Defense claims that they're all about. Let's get into the basics of what damsel and defense claims that they're all about.

Let's get into it. So who is or what is damsel in defense exactly? Well it turns out they're an

MLM that sells self-defense products for women to women specifically, and it was founded

in 2011 by Mindy Lynn and Bethany Hughes.

According to MLM companies.org, a website that gives a favorable view of MLMs out there, it says,

Lynn and Hughes are two powerhouse women who combine creativity and marketing skills with business knowledge and planning abilities.

In 2014, they paired up with Bob Hipple, their longtime consultant, and made him the CEO of Damsel

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