Cross Post: Art Exhibit Powerfully Answers The Question 'What Were You Wearing?'

[sheshe2]

Cross Posted per request.



Art Exhibit Powerfully Answers The Question 'What Were You Wearing?'


The installation proves that clothing has nothing to do with sexual assault.

The art project was created in 2013 by Jen Brockman, the director of KU’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center, and Dr. Mary A. Wyandt-Hiebert, who oversees all programming initiatives at the University of Arkansas’ rape education center. The installation has been featured at several other schools since 2013, including University of Arkansas and University of Iowa.

Brockman told HuffPost that the main goal of “What Were You Wearing?” is to promote awareness about sexual violence and to combat victim-blaming.

The rest here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216641126#top

[niyad]

1. Thank you so much for posting this heartbreaking and powerful piece.

And thank you for the link to your original OP, with its valuable, and eye-opening, numbers.

[sheshe2]

2. You are welcome.

I actually posted this years ago, I tried to find my original post here, but could not locate it.

The numbers are staggering and yes, the little sundress made me cry.

[murielm99]

3. I remember.

But it is good to see it again.