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((Short description|Annual sexual assault awareness day))
((Distinguish|Lee National Denim Day))
'''Denim Day''' takes place on the last Wednesday of April, which is [[Sexual Assault Awareness Month]]. This day of action and awareness is an event in which people are encouraged to wear denim to combat victim blaming and educate others about sexual violence.<ref>((cite web |title=Denim Day's history of international solidary against sexual assault |url=https://www.army.mil/article/245281/denim_days_history_of_international_solidary_against_sexual_assault |website=www.army.mil |language=en))</ref> The day comes following a high profile Italian rape trial where the survivor was blamed for her [[rape]] because of the type of jeans she was wearing.<ref>((cite web |title=Why Denim? |url=https://www.denimdayinfo.org/why-denim |website=Denim Day))</ref> In protest and solidarity, individuals are encouraged to wear denim to combat the idea that [[rape]] and [[sexual violence]] are the fault or responsibility of survivors.

==Background==
In 1992 in [[Muro Lucano]], [[Italy]], an 18 year old girl came forward after experiencing sexual violence following her first driving lesson.<ref name=":0">((cite web |last1=Stanley |first1=Alessandra |title=Ruling on Tight Jeans and Rape Sets Off Anger in Italy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/16/world/ruling-on-tight-jeans-and-rape-sets-off-anger-in-italy.html |website=The New York Times |date=16 February 1999))</ref> The teenager recounted how the driving instructor, a 45-year-old man, drove her to an isolated area, forced her to get out of the vehicle, forcibly removed one leg of her jeans,<ref>((cite web |title=Denim Day's history of international solidary against sexual assault |url=https://www.army.mil/article/245281/denim_days_history_of_international_solidary_against_sexual_assault |website=www.army.mil |language=en))</ref> enacted sexual violence and raped the teen, then told her that if she was to tell anyone he would kill her.<ref name=":0" /><ref>((cite web |title=Why Denim? |url=https://www.denimdayinfo.org/why-denim |website=Denim Day))</ref> Immediately following the incident the girl alerted her parents and the police.<ref name=":0" /> 

The rapist was convicted and sentenced to a lesser charge of indecent exposure.<ref name=":0" /> The survivor appealed the sentence resulting in a subsequent conviction on all charges. The (then) convicted rapist appealed to the [[Court of Cassation (Italy)|Italian Supreme Court]], which overturned the conviction in a 1998 decision that indicated since the survivors jeans were very tight she must have participated in the rape.<ref>((cite web |url=https://careadvocate.ucsf.edu/events/denim-day-2020|title=Denim Day 2020))</ref> The "jeans alibi" was used to argue that since the jeans were so tight, the only way to have gotten them off was if the survivor aided her attacker in removing her jeans, thus making the act [[consensual]].<ref>((cite web |title=Why Denim? |url=https://www.denimdayinfo.org/why-denim |website=Denim Day))</ref> The Italian Supreme Court stated in its decision "it is a fact of common experience that it is nearly impossible to slip off tight jeans even partly without the active collaboration of the person who is wearing them."<ref>((cite journal|last=Faedi |first=Benedetta |title=Rape, Blue Jeans, and Judicial Developments in Italy |journal=Columbia Journal of European Law |year=2009 |url=http://www.cjel.net/online/16_1-faedi/ |accessdate=April 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828180548/http://www.cjel.net/online/16_1-faedi/ |archivedate=August 28, 2011 ))</ref> As of 2008 the Italian Supreme Court has overturned their findings, and there is no longer a "denim" defense to the charge of rape.<ref>((Cite web|title=Italian court reverses 'tight jeans' rape ruling|url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/italian-court-reverses-tight-jeans-rape-ruling-26464014.html|access-date=2021-01-23|website=independent|language=en))</ref>

==Reaction==

The indication that women's choice of jeans or clothing is indicative of consent sparked widespread outrage and protest <ref>((Cite journal |last=Faedi Duramy |first=Benedetta |date=2009-01-01 |title=Rape, Blue Jeans, and Judicial Developments in Italy |url=https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/pubs/104 |journal=Publications))</ref> starting with Italian government officials. The day after the decision, members of the [[Parliament of Italy|Italian Parliament]] protested by wearing jeans and holding placards that read "Jeans: An Alibi for Rape",<ref>((Cite web |last=Faedi |first=Benedetta |title=Rape, Blue Jeans, and Judicial Developments in Italy |url=http://www.cjel.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/faedi.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220215528/http://www.cjel.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/faedi.pdf |archive-date=2016-02-20 |access-date=2023-07-27 ))</ref> no male members of the [[Parliament of Italy|Italian Parliament]] participated.<ref name=":0" /> The female parliamentary members that organized the protest belonged to the Polo della Libertà, a political coalition headed by Silvio Berlusconi. Among the most vocal and active critics of the sentence were [[Alessandra Mussolini]], Stefania Prestigiacomo and Cristina Matranga.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.repubblica.it/online/fatti/jeans/tridico/tridico.html |website=The New York Times |date=16 February 1999|title=La Repubblica/Fatti: La 'sentenza dei jeans' tra maschilismo e garantismo ))</ref> 

As a sign of solidarity and support, the [[California State Legislature]] followed suit.<ref name=":0" /> 

Inspired by these events, [[Patricia Giggans]], Executive Director of the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women (now Peace Over Violence), established Denim Day in Los Angeles in 1999.<ref>((Cite web|url= https://www.uwosh.edu/care/denim-day/history-of-denim-day|title=History of Denim Day|website=University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.edu|access-date=2020-05-26))</ref> It has since become an annual, international event, involving over 12 million people around the world, according to Peace Over Violence.<ref>((Cite web|url= https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/news/2019/04/24/denim-day-celebrates-20-years-of-advocacy-for-sexual-violence-survivors/|title= Denim Day Celebrates 20 Years of Advocacy for Sexual Violence Survivors |website=spectrumnews1.com|access-date=2020-05-26))</ref> As of 2011, at least 20 U.S. states officially recognize Denim Day in April. <ref>((Cite web |last=Singh |first=Tejinder |date=2017-04-20 |title=Denim Day Observation for Promoting Awareness of Sexual Assault |url=https://www.america-times.com/denim-day-awareness-sexual-assault/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=The America Times |language=en-US))</ref>

Wearing jeans on this day has become an international symbol of protest against such attitudes about sexual assault.

== Sources ==
* Maher, Sean. "[http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_12203751 Denim Day brings big push for sexual assault awareness] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025113551/http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_12203751 |date=2015-10-25 ))", InsideBayArea.com. 23 Apr. 2009. Bay Area News Group. 26 Apr. 2009
* [https://archive.today/20110713191729/http://media.www.lavalleystar.com/media/storage/paper295/news/2009/04/29/News/Denim.Day.Attempts.Prevention.And.Awareness-3730047.shtml Denim Day Attempts Prevention and Awareness], Valley Star - Apr 29, 2009
* [https://archive.today/20110718190049/http://njmonthly.com/events/3977.html SAFE in Hunterdon's Denim Day], New Jersey Monthly - Apr 26, 2009.
*[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/67341615.html?did=67341615&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Jan+26%2C+2001&author=Jim+McLean&pub=The+Herald&desc=Italian+judges+draw+line+on+when+pat+on+bottom+is+not+sexual+harassment The Herald (Glasgow)]((Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes )) archived.
*[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/327878201.html?dids=327878201:327878201&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+24%2C+2003&author=Jessica+Garrison&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=B.4&desc=City+Council+Sends+a+Message+in+Denim The Los Angeles Times] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208083857/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/327878201.html?dids=327878201:327878201&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+24,+2003&author=Jessica+Garrison&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=B.4&desc=City+Council+Sends+a+Message+in+Denim |date=2012-02-08 )) archived.
* Alessandra Stanley, ''New York Times'' Feb 16, 1999 "Ruling on tight Jeans and Rape Sets off Anger in Italy"

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://denimdayinfo.org/ Denim Day Official Site]

[[Category:Civil awareness days]]
[[Category:Sexual abuse]]
[[Category:April observances]]

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