Kicking the balls, obviously. Scratching at the face leaves your arms vulnerable to be grabbed, then you can be put into a (very painful) armlock. Though I generally don't like to resort to ball-kicking, of the two it is the better method.

Out of those two, kicking in the balls. Your arm can be grabbed and held a lot easier than your leg, and a swift kick to the groin is going to have more effect than a scratch on the face.

Definitely the balls. If I scratch the face that would just piss you off. If I kick you were it counts then you not only will it piss you off but you will be doubled over in pain so I could high tail it out of there.

Scratching balls.

Kicking the balls!Then when you are down, kicking you in the balls again for trying to do lil ole me harm!!

I have found a swift, hard punch to the throat, delivered with deadly accuracy works well. Kicking the balls would be my next choice, followed by eye-gouging and hair pulling.

Scratching a bad guy's face is just going to make him mad. When you're being mugged or abducted, you'll probably be terrified, so you probably won't have much strength or good aim. As a public service, may I suggest a quick flick of the fingertips/nails to the eyes. Start with your hands in front of your face, palms facing each other, then flick your arm out, fingers traveling in a straight line to the eyes.

a fast kick to the top of his foot or an elbow to the nose - then run like hell

Just knife 'im in the gut. That's what I do. Oh, I mean, that's what I WOULD do.

I have long nails so a kick in the goolies as i woulnt want to break a nail.

So far in life I have managed to keep my self out of situations requiring either. I think I would go for scratching because it would afford me evidence under my fingernails if I get killed. Somehow I think that groin kicking would only end up further infuriating the attacker. I just want to escape.

A foot down the shins then a kick to the genitals. As they double over a knee under the chin will finish the job.

Kicking

If you kick his face, he'll probably scratch his balls and wonder why he started up with you;)

I wear heels all the time - a nice STOMP with one of those 3-inchers on the top of the foot, a strong boxing of the ears (BOOM) and I'm gone.

Kicking in the balls. Scratching the face just pisses the person off more.

well, trained in martial arts, as I am, I would pinch them until they surrender. but, yeah, a well-placed knee between the legs never fail, (I say as if I have done that...recently)

Um ... I'd just go full-throttle and kick his ass. Why scratch the face? If anything, I'd gouge out his eyes, then go for the throat. Crush the trachea. I guess if I had a clear shot I might go for the balls, but I certainly wouldn't stop there. That'll take him out for a minute, but won't permanently disable him. Might do it to give me time to actually hurt him, though.

you should try to grab the balls and yank intell you feel a squishy pop and then when they are on the ground stomp on there head intell they stop moveing

A good swift kick is best, then run away, run away.

If a guy tried to rape me for example, id kick him continusly until he passed out, then id tie him down, and leave some heavy stones/rocks on his balls.

Neither..I personally would take out a knee. :)

Go for the eyes, because as soon as you target those, when you stick your fingernails in someone's eyes, they automatically, even if unwilling, back their heads away, their mid body away or they step back all together, leaving you enough room and distraction, especially if you actually damage the eye, to either run away, push them away from you then run, or the ever so popular ball kick. It's hard to plan out all this when it's actually happening though, but in the actual one instance where something of this nature happened to me, in the midst of said fury, when there's an opportunity to get the hell out of there, you don't miss it, trust me. I didn't find this out on purpose, but if it ever happens again, and I sure as hell hope not, I would try something like this again, but only if there was no way, at least momentarily, that I could escape, say they're grabbing on to you or something. I guess it's not the best idea though, because if you're not fast enough to reach the eyes, they can grab you, and for me that would suck because physically I'm a wuss and wouldn't be able to get out of it. But if you manage, their natural reaction will help a whole lot.

even though im a girl i dont 'fight like a girl'. i dont have to kick someone in the bad spot just to beat em up, a good punch to the face should do a nice job, maybe pull a knife on em.