In 1999, the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction after the judges decided the victim’s jeans were so tight that she had to have helped her assailant take them off. Women in the Italian legislature expressed their outrage by agreeing to wear jeans to work.
Denim Day stresses sex assault awareness
Participants assemble clothing totes for victims to use, be more comfortable leaving the hospital
Thursday, April 26, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 8:46 a.m. CDT, Saturday, July 19, 2008
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