Virtually all VSAP education attempts to change attitudes and behaviors in females in order to help them avoid attacks. Given that violence and sexual assault can occur at any point in a woman’s life, long-range studies regarding the effectiveness of VSAP education are difficult to conduct. Most VSAP programs are evaluated based on the perceived attitudinal change in the learner. Research has found that programs that stress awareness and the decrease of rape supportive myths, in both males and females, are effective in changing attitude.

This curriculum not only attempts to inform intuition and change rape-supportive attitudes, it adds the element of empowerment through self-defense training. Self-defense training provides girls with tools they need to defend themselves in a confrontation. It also empowers girls with the knowledge that they can protect themselves and are not completely reliant on others for protection.