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Wear Denim with Purpose this Wednesday, April 27th, in support and solidarity with survivors of sexual assault.
History of Denim Day Denim Day grew out of a 1998 Italian Supreme Court decision that overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore tight jeans. The accused in the case was found guilty of rape and appealed the decision, claiming that they had consensual sex. The case makes it all the way to the Italian High Court where the conviction is overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans she must have helped the person who raped her remove her jeans,...
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Re: Wear Denim with Purpose this Wednesday, April 27th, in support and solidarity with survivors of sexual assault.
Thank you for sharing this, Dwana. However, I must tell you that reading about that Supreme Court judgement disturbed my sense of justice 😠
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Re: Wear Denim with Purpose this Wednesday, April 27th, in support and solidarity with survivors of sexual assault.
I was blown away by their decision as well @Adrian Alexander