Elizabeth Smart

That's not everything you are.

And if someone takes that from you, that's totally different than you choosing to give that to someone?

100%.

And honestly, I could talk about this all day because I feel very passionate about it because it was very hurtful to me and caused a lot of feelings of worthlessness and just...

unworthiness and unlovable just it made me feel a lot of things that nobody should feel um and i know that's common so i respect people's beliefs like whatever people want to believe or not believe like that that's fine with me as long as it it's not hurting another person or breaking the law like you believe what you want to believe that's just fine

But I think that it is important that we have these kinds of conversations where we talk about the difference between consensual, enthusiastic, consensual sex versus rape and sexual violence and talk about, you know, where did these come from?

Because even still, you know, I've met survivors and, you know, it was their parents who raped them.

It was their dad who raped them or their brother who raped them.

or a religious leader who raped them, or it was someone that they knew.

And so they were like, oh, well, I knew them, so it's not rape.

Well, most rapes come from people that you know.

So I think just honestly, really laying out this groundwork is really important.

And

Just to take a step inside of Christianity for just a second, I think most Christian religions believe in the atonement of Jesus Christ.

And even if you do believe in waiting for marriage or until marriage,

You know, you're in a serious relationship, partnership that you see yourself staying in for the rest of your life before you have sex with someone.

That's fine.

That's totally fine.

100% fine.

But also just, I mean, like, should it happen before?