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A Denim Day is set to take place tomorrow as students from the University of Sheffield pledge to wear their jeans as part of a worldwide sexual assault awareness campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual event came about after a 1990s Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction on the premise that the victim’s tight jeans implied consent. The next day, women in parliament came to work in jeans to show solidarity with the victim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campaigners working on the project aim to combat victim blaming, support survivors and educate themselves and others about all forms of sexual violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emilie Bonay, a student collaborating with the University of Sheffield Student’s Union to organise the event, said: “I really wanted to make it a big deal this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We wear denim to remind ourselves of the cases people go through every day and to remember this activism that was done in the nineties and to keep that ball rolling.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profits from the event, gathered through donations, badge sales, and a toast bar in Roar, will go to Peace Over Violence<\/a>, the charity which founded the movement in response to the original case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campaigners also urge people to donate via this <\/a>page. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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