Denim Day

Support Denim Day on Wednesday, April 25th by wearing jeans.

In 1999, the Italian High Court overturned a rape conviction because the victim was wearing tight jeans at the time of the assault. The justices stated that the victim must have helped her attacker remove her jeans, from which they inferred consent. People all around the world were outraged. Wearing jeans on this anniversary became an international symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual violence.

Every year since 1999, Peace Over Violence (formerly the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women) has organized Denim Day in LA and USA on the fourth Wednesday of April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Denim Day is a sexual harassment and sexual violence/assault prevention and education campaign where community members, elected officials, businesses and students are encouraged to make a social statement with their fashion statement by wearing jeans as a visible means of protest against misconceptions that surround sexual harassment and sexual violence/assault

Denim Day buttons & other materials related to sexual harassment and sexual violence/assault prevention will be available at the Sexual Assault Awareness Month table on the San Pasqual Walk on Wednesday, April 25th from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. Stop by to take some Denim Day materials and information for yourself and your colleagues!