https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668636051/-thisisnotconsent-protests-in-ireland-after-thong-underwear-cited-in-rape-trial
Isa Chudzik
This article details protests going on throughout Ireland over a lawyer using a 17 year old's underwear, which happened to be a lace thong, as a defense for her client who was 27 and accused of raping the teenager. Adding fuel to the fire, the jury unanimously found the man not guilty. The uproar is justified in that this shows just how different sexual assault trials are treated compared to other crimes across the globe. A person, usually the victim's, private life as well as potential sexual history is put on show for all to see, now including their intimates. Questions of "were you asking for it" and "What were you wearing" are consistently asked of the victim, even though at is #1 Irrelevant #2 Not a standard of any other type of trial. The United States has also had its fair share of controversy when it comes to sexual assault and the judicial system. Most recently, the case of Brock Turner who only had to serve 3 months of his already short sentence. Although I think movement like #MeToo and #ThisIsNotConsent are helping bring awareness to this problem, I don't believe anything will truly change unless people in positions of power implement them.
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In connection with your article #thisisnotconsent! Plastician, women outraged by this event, have agreed to lend this little piece of cloth, a supposed symbol of guilt, that I draw pinned?
To discover the very beginning of the series: https://1011-art.blogspot.com/p/thisisnotconsent.html
And also in echo, a more puderic work entitled «Noli me tangere» on the inviolability of the woman’s body: https://1011-art.blogspot.fr/p/noli-me-tangere.html
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