How to Protect Yourself Against an Attacker

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

From August 14, 1991: Oprah talks to personal safety experts and survivors who demonstrate and discuss how people can protect themselves against attackers. They share the most common mistakes people make and discuss what not to do with an attacker. They also explain why fighting back is a personal choice that only you can make, why fighting until “you’re safe” is important and how to say, “No!” Experts include Jean O’Neal, who at the time was the research director of the National Crime Prevention Council, J.J. Bittenbinder, who served 20 years on the San Diego Police Department and is the founder of the Strong Defense Organization, Terri Treas, who was a spokesperson and graduate of IMPACT, and Lisa Gaeta, founder and CEO at IMPACT.

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0:57.0	One of the millions of you, at least one of the millions of you at least one of the millions of you watching this show today
1:04.8	you're going to remember something you saw on this show in a crucial critical moment and
1:09.4	it's going to save your life. It's a very, very important show in preparing for it. I've learned so many
1:15.8	things myself. So I hope that if you are particularly a woman you're going to watch today,
1:21.1	every 15 seconds in this country, it's unfortunate, but a woman is beaten.
1:26.0	And every six minutes, a woman is raped.
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1:30.5	But the Department of Justice study of rape says that a woman who uses some form of self-protection
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