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The Dr. Phil Podcast

Is ‘No’ Enough?

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.413.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Is ‘No’ Enough?

Is “No” enough? What truly protects you—restraining orders, legal steps, or something more? Tonight, survivors of sexual assault and stalking share their stories and what they did to stay safe. It’s estimated that very 68 seconds, someone 12 years old or older is sexually assaulted in this country. But sadly, nearly 70% of these assaults are never even reported to the police. Is just saying “No” enough? What about a restraining order? What offers the most protection when you feel you really need it? From sexual assaults to allegations of stalking, tonight our guests discuss what they’ve been through and what they did in an attempt to stay safe.
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0:00.0

Every 68 seconds, someone is sexually assaulted in this country.

0:05.0

Is there a way to protect yourself before an assault?

0:08.0

You woke up with somebody in your bed on top of you.

0:12.0

The way that the police acted, I thought that I had done something wrong.

0:16.0

My stalker found me on social media.

0:18.0

She was pretty much stalking me every day in person.

0:20.0

The first officer I spoke to laughed. He was pretty much stalking me every day in person.

0:20.8

The first officer I spoke to laughed.

0:22.4

He's like, you're getting stalked.

0:24.1

Is just saying no enough?

0:26.1

Every 68 seconds, someone 12 years old or older older is sexually assaulted in this country.

0:42.3

But sadly, nearly 70% of these assaults are never even reported to the police.

0:49.3

And you know what's worse? Even when someone does come forward, they rarely get justice because the incarceration rate

0:56.3

of these violent perpetrators is less than 3%.

1:01.9

So what offers the most protection when you feel you really need it?

1:06.2

Is just saying no enough?

1:08.8

What about obtaining a restraining order? Tonight, we'll start with Julianne's story.

1:14.9

She was sound asleep in her home when an intruder broke in.

1:21.1

The evening I was sexually assaulted. It was very traumatizing. It was around 2.30 or 3 in the morning. I woke up and there was a man on top of me.

1:30.3

I started screaming.

1:31.3

My roommate was tied up and he could hear me screaming.

1:35.3

My life was never the same after that night.

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