Denim Day?! How stupid is that! Not at all when we look at how it started and what wearing denim today means.
18 years ago the Italian Supreme Court reversed a rapist’s conviction because his victim was wearing tight denim pants. Therefore, (they guessed) she must have helped him remove them. Therefore, ruled the court, because she had given implied consent, the sex was consensual. The women in Parliament wore denim the next day in support of the victim and protest at the decision. Thus, Denim Day was born.
What does it mean? Standing up for rape victims. Saying that what a woman wears does NOT mean she’s asking to be raped. That there needs to be changes in attitudes toward sexual assault. As the Denim Day Campaign says, “There is no excuse and never an invitation to rape.”