‘If Not Me Then Who?’ Why Elizabeth Smart Says Self-Defense Should Be as Common as Fire Drills
Elizabeth Smart said a new program called Smart Defense is designed specifically for women and girls to learn how to defend themselves against sexual assault.
“In the U.S., a person is sexually assaulted every 68 seconds, and 1 in 6 American women have been a victim of or almost completed rape, and that is terrifying,” Smart said on KSL NewsRadio’s “Dave & Dujanovic” show on Tuesday.
The first thing Smart wants people to learn from her self-defense program is that it’s not their fault if they become a victim of sexual assault.
“That is the No. 1 thing I want any and every survivor and victim to know. There is nothing that makes what happened to them OK. It is not their fault,” Smart said.
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