For the most part my wardrobe consists of jeans. They’re versatile, can be dressed up or down, but best of all, they’re hardy and allow you to do all kinds of activities in them. In other words, they are a kind of freedom. It’s surprising to think that it only became apart of women’s everyday dress for the last 50 years or so. What’s even more surprising—in 1992 an Italian court ruled during a sexual assault case that because the victim was wearing tight jeans, she couldn’t have possibly been raped. The verdict rested on the fact that the tight jeans couldn’t have been removed by the attacker alone and would have had to be aided by the victim herself. Think about the perverse irony of this—an item of clothing that represented freedom used to condemn the victim to injustice. That’s why on April 28 of each year many wear denim to raise awareness and protest unfair attitudes towards sexual assault. I wear denim a lot anyway, but it’s still a good reminder! Especially when you’re accidentally twinning with your best friend!
我本來就長穿牛仔褲，又方便又萬能，很多場合都適合，而且擁有自由去做各種活動。重點是自由——只有近50年女性穿褲子才被常態化，這真的是個寶貴的自由！但是在1992年的義大利，有一名被性侵犯的女子由於當時穿著牛仔褲，法官判加害人無罪。為什麼？因為法官覺得褲子那麼緊，不可能完全是加害者脫掉的！穿牛仔褲的自由反而被拿來羞辱被害人，而得到自由的是加害者。這是什麼道理？！所以4月28日是國際丹寧日，來推翻對於性暴力不健康的思維，支持被害者。我幾乎每天都穿丹寧，但是今天會特別有感觸！#denimday #onlyyesmeansyes #國際丹寧日 #穿單寧反性侵 #現代婦女基金會 現代婦女基金會
