Disturbing post (don't read if rape or poo offends you)

My boyfriend told me a story once about how his dad was in line with a woman at the grocery store. They live in a small town in New Hampshire, so they'd seen each other in the store before, always said hi. Well, this time I guess 'hi' wasn't enough, and the woman told Leo's dad about how her father told her that if anyone ever tried to rape her, just to loose control of her bowels. Because no one wants to rape someone covered in poop.

The story doesn't end here though. Leo's Dad nods (I imagine there isn't much you can say to information like that), and she continues. Apparently, someone tried to rape her once, and she followed this advice. I guess it worked.

I have been haunted by this story for the last year. The logistics baffle me. Anytime I am walking home alone in the dark I think about this, and all I can think is that I'd have no protection, because there is no way I could, um, "relax," enough to "save myself" in that situation. Honestly, it makes me doubt the validity of the woman's story. Yet, at the same time, who makes something like that up?