You have a good excuse to wear jeans to work Wednesday. Why? Because it's Denim Day, part of a campaign to raise awareness about rape and sexual assault.

 

Denim Day observances have their origins in the 1997 rape of an 18-year-old Italian woman by her 45-year-old driving instructor. The instructor was arrested, convicted and sent to jail, but his sentence was overturned by the italian supreme court, which argued that because the victim had worn tight jeans, she would have had to have assisted in their removal, thereby making it consensual sex. The supreme court's verdict so enraged women in the Italian Parliament that they protested by wearing jeans to work.

 

"Wearing jeans to work or school may seem like a small gesture, but to an individual who has been sexually assaulted or abused, it is a huge sign of solidarity," said bill sponsor, Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle. "It also serves to remind victims of rape and sexual assault that they are not alone and they are not at fault for what happened."

 

Governor Corzine signed the bill into law last year, so this is the first official day around the state of New Jersey for Denim Day observances.

Damn, I already wear jeans to work every day :cry:

Damn, I already wear jeans to work every day :cry:

 

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Damn, I already wear jeans to work every day :cry:

 

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Damn, I already wear jeans to work every day :cry:

 

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lol I hate all of you

 

I am wearing jeans today and I can

Our group is sort of the corporate misfits. Management doesn't know nor care what happens here as long as the money keeps coming.