There is no single strategy that always works, so remember these tips:
- Keep your head and stay as calm as possible. Think rationally and evaluate your resources and options.
- It may be safer to submit than to resist. You will have to make this decision based on the circumstances. Be especially careful if the attacker has a weapon.
- Keep assessing the situation as it is happening. If one strategy does not work, try another. Possible options in addition to non-resistance are negotiating, stalling for time, distracting the assailant and fleeing to a safe place, verbal assertiveness, screaming to attract attention and physical resistance.
- Stay alert and observant so that you can better describe the attacker and the assault to the police.