Peace Over Violence has announced the Annual 2010 Denim Day to be TOMORROW, April 21st, 2010! This is a campaign to raise awareness and educate the public about rape and sexual assault ...
Want the back story?
In 1998, an Italian Supreme Court decision overturned a rape conviction because the victim wore jeans, reasoning she must have helped her attacker remove them. People all over the world were outraged. Wearing jeans became an international symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault.
Unfortunately, I know first hand that there are many destructive attitudes about sexual assault. You've probably heard them before: it was their fault, they asked for it, they wanted it, they could have stopped it ... the list goes on and on.
Tomorrow, wear denim and show the world that sexual assault has many victims - every age, race, gender, and background.
Someone you might not expect could very well have been a victim ... or an aggressor.
Thanks for your support!
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