Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Phee Mayer" <>]

Arizona State did a denim drive; we collected donations for a local shelter, 
specifying that were collecting jeans because of the following case:

On 10 February 1999 the Italian Supreme Court of Appeal in Rome overturned a 
rape conviction, stating that jeans are unable to be removed without the 
wearer's consent. Therefore, they ruled, the supposed victim must have been 
an active participant in the act. [3] This last verdict, however, was also 
overturned, on 28 November 2001 by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation, 
which finally established that wearing jeans does not excuse rape. [4]

We used sidewalk chalk (get your campus' permission!), handed out quarter 
fliers regarding sexual assault, and tabled all week with other 
organizations.

Good luck!

Phee Mayer
Berkshire Violence Prevention Center

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