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We’re auctioning Jeans feat. Art to raise awareness of sexual assault and raise funds for Crisis Services of North Alabama!
We’ve gathered the funkiest, coolest, hippest artworks and artwear for this year’s Jeans 4 Justice Silent Auction. For seven days, you can bid on items created and donated by local artists and other supporters to raise funds for Crisis Services of North Alabama. Winners will be announced on April 27 at 8:00 pm with music provided by Microwave Dave. And, if you order XXXX, Straight to Ale’s featured beer for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, 15% of your purchase will go to Crisis Services of North Alabama.
Why Jeans?
In Italy in the 1990s, an 18-year-old girl was raped by her 45-year-old male driving instructor. After being convicted in lower courts, the man appealed all the way to the Italian Supreme Court, which argued the girl couldn’t have been raped “because the victim wore very, very tight jeans — she had to help him remove them, and by removing the jeans it was no longer rape, but consensual sex.”
The verdict enraged the women of the Italian Parliament, who protested by wearing jeans to work.