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“Look at the way she was dressed…”: Women Tweet Their Underwear Pics After Lawyer Blames Teen In Rape Trial
“You have to look at the way she was dressed. She was wearing a thong with a lace front.” These words, uttered by a female defence lawyer at a rape trial in Ireland, were used to argue that the sexual contact between the accused and a 17-year-old girl was, in fact, consensual.
The 27-year-old man was acquitted of rape soon after. The use of the girl's underwear as evidence against her has sparked furious protests in Ireland and beyond, with people in disbelief that this kind of 'victim blaming' still occurs within the legal system of a developed European country.
In the city of Cork, where the trial took place, women took to the streets to lay underwear outside the courthouse, seeking 'the end of victim blaming in the courts.' The protests soon spread to other cities and online, where women have been posting photos of their own underwear on social media under the hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent.
The issues of sexual harassment and what constitutes consent have been major talking points since the #MeToo campaign, which began to question the archaic social norms that have been accepted for far too long. These protests highlight what really should be obvious by now: there is no such thing as an item of clothing that implies consent, no matter how 'cute' or 'sexy' it may appear.
Scroll down below to check out the campaign for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments.
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shoot him in the d**k. he was asking for it, he doesn't wear bulletproof underpants
My thoughts exactly! It's not like she was walking around with her knickers on and nothing else for crying out loud. I'm sure she wouldn't have consented to being undressed either.
they want to make rules "every woman that use thong can be raped legally", this is just an excuse
I know, if it was her or someone she knows I bet she'd blame the actual criminal! But no-one should be raped anyway, she needs to get her act together.
There is no "allegedly" here. She was outright SAYING that the girl asked to be raped because she had lacy underthings that the rapist didn't even see until he dragged her by the throat into a dark alley to attack her.
Underwear is just that its under something, so how could a girl be asking for it as it wasn't seen till he had gone to far. Rape is Rape a girl could be naked it doesn't mean she wants someone to have sex with her. Consent is from two people not just one. This 27yr old needs to be on the other side and see how he would like it.
The sign reads: "Men think women dress for them. Dude, please. We dress according to our waxing schedules, periods, mood swings, location, season, matching shoes, marching bags, matching lipstick, availability of suitable underwear. You're not even on that list. So chill"
Underwear is just that its under something, so how could a girl be asking for it as it wasn't seen till he had gone to far. Rape is Rape a girl could be naked it doesn't mean she wants someone to have sex with her. Consent is from two people not just one. This 27yr old needs to be on the other side and see how he would like it.
Underwear is just that its under something, so how could a girl be asking for it as it wasn't seen till he had gone to far. Rape is Rape a girl could be naked it doesn't mean she wants someone to have sex with her. Consent is from two people not just one. This 27yr old needs to be on the other side and see how he would like it.
This is making me both ragingly furious and wanting to ask many of these women where they got their underwear because they are so cute
If this happened in the US, which I'm sure it has, I would not be surprised considering who our dictator is.
This is not about clothes, this is never about the clothes. And child never consent. Yet, justice doesn't seems to understand this basic stuff. This is how a man that raped an 11 yo in France was only charged with sexual abuse and not rape. She had follow him and was to paralized to say "no". The Court decided that in this case there was "no violence, no coercion, no threat, no surprise"... He was pursued because he shouldn't have sex with a minor, not because he raped her. This world is sick AF.
Whoooaaa... TF is wrong with that lawyer.. im a guy... im with that woman.. no means NO..
Good for you. Keep it up, we need more of you men out there
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Good for you. Keep it up, we need more of you men out there
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