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Naval Health Clinic Charleston Sailors and civilians wore their jeans to work as part of the Denim Day campaign. The Denim Day campaign began after the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction. The justices ruled the rape victim was wearing tight jeans that could only she could remove, thereby implying consent. The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim. Since then, wearing jeans on Denim Day has become a symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault. Front row: Lt. Lauren Brown, Petty Officer 2nd Class Loveann Burch. Back row: John McGinniss, Petty Officer 1st Class Hutcheson, Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Veiga, Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Veiga, Sonya Fortner-Riley, Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Crowley and Petty Officer 3rd Class Keith Jenkins. (U.S. Navy photo/Kris Patterson)
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Naval Health Clinic Charleston Sailors and civilians wore their jeans to work as part of the Denim Day campaign. The Denim Day campaign began after the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction. The justices ruled the rape victim was wearing tight jeans that could only she could remove, thereby implying consent. The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim. Since then, wearing jeans on Denim Day has become a symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault. Front row: Lt. Lauren Brown, Petty Officer 2nd Class Loveann Burch. Back row: John McGinniss, Petty Officer 1st Class Hutcheson, Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Veiga, Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Veiga, Sonya Fortner-Riley, Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Crowley and Petty Officer 3rd Class Keith Jenkins. (U.S. Navy photo/Kris Patterson)


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