It’s 1992 in Rome and a 45-year-old driving instructor is picking up an 18 year old girl f
It’s 1992 in Rome and a 45-year-old driving instructor is picking up an 18 year old girl for her first driving lesson. Instead of giving her the lesson, he parks the car and rapes her for one hour before threatening to kill her if she tells anyone. That night, she tells her parents and with their help brings the man to trial. He is convicted. But the story doesn’t end there. Six years later, the Italian Supreme Court overturns the conviction, arguing that because the victim was wearing tight jeans at the time she was attacked, she *must have* helped her attacker by removing the jeans, which according to the court implies consent: “because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them…and by removing the jeans…it was no longer rape but consensual sex,” (Italian Supreme Court Ruling of the “denim defense” 1998). People around the world were outraged, but it still took an entire decade for the decision to be overruled. Today we still see survivors of sexual assault and rape blamed for the violent actions of their attackers. The media, the public, and even the police will point to the fact that a victim was intoxicated or a victim was wearing a short dress or participating in dangerous behavior as evidence that the rapist is not guilty of rape. No one deserves to be raped, regardless of the circumstances. And no victim of sexual assault or rape should carry the burden of cause for their assault. We need to stop blaming the victim and hold rapists accountable for their own actions. Because until we do that, we will continue to exist in a culture which supports, defends and produces rapists. That is what denim day means. So today please show your support and the next time someone asks you what denim day is, feel free to let them know it means you support and stand with survivors of sexual assault. The following poster contains actual questions that survivors of sexual assault state they’ve been asked by police officers, medical examiners, college administrators, lawyers, and other officials.This has to stop. -- source link
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