Women Around the World are Sharing Pictures of Their Underwear and It's For a Good Reason

With the #meetoo movement gaining momentum all over the world, the tide has finally turned on women keeping quiet about sexual abuse and misconduct, and can we say, it was about time it did.

Of late, there is another hashtag that has been seen doing the rounds on social media, and that is  #ThisIsNotConsent. Women across the world have been seen sharing pictures of their underwear on social media, so we decided to find out what exactly was going on.

This movement, it seems, has started in an expression of outrage over the acquittal of a 27 year old man in Ireland who was facing rape charges. The lawyer of the man presented the girl's thong in court as evidence that she was 'open to meeting and being with someone'.  The young girl was so embarrassed, she took her own life. Needless to say, the world is outraged by this turn of events.

This case has sparked an outrage amongst women, who are arguing that clothes or underwear have absolutely nothing to do with giving sexual consent. Here are some of the posts on social media.

 

 

 

 

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This is pathetic that they even tried to justify these kinds of actions with her fucking underwear?!?!?! Like, wtf?!? Thongs aren’t just there to “look nice” they have more uses than for someone’s perverted fucking desires, I’m sorry if I sound pissed off, but I am, because people try to justify a horrendous action with something as stupid as this and cause this poor girl to take her own life, that is what is wrong with people right now. THIS IS NOT CONSENT-James? EDIT(PLEASE READ)-Whilst I thought that this was recent, apparently the newest case holding similarities on the 2002 case did not result in the girl committing suicide, the most recent case, she is still alive, I’m sorry if I accidentally misinformed any of you, but this is still a messed up situation that is happening

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#Repost @guardian with @get_repost ・・・ Three #women walked along Dublin's Grafton Street in their underwear in support of victims of sexual violence. It's the latest in a series of Irish street #protests against victim blaming, after a defence #lawyer said an alleged rape victim's underwear indicated she was "open to meeting someone." The comment was widely condemned by women's rights #activists and on #socialmedia, with hundreds calling for an investigation into how sexual assault cases are handled in Ireland. Photos: Niall Carson/PA • • #25novembre #25november #internationaldayagainstviolenceonwomen #women #womenpower #freedom #free #findyourfreedom #womanpower #love #against #againstviolence #endviolence #againstsexualviolence #againstabuse #yourself #consent #thisisnotconsent

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(TW // assault & rape) #ThisIsNotConsent It's 2018. The #MeToo movement is strong. Women all over the world, including myself, are speaking out about their experiences with sexual assault and rape after being silenced for years. Finally, finally, we feel as if we are getting somewhere. We are finally getting it through to men that they do not have a right to our bodie and our bodies will be forever ours and only ours to do what we like with. And then, a 17 year old girl is blamed for her rape - because she was wearing the "wrong type of underwear". Her lace fronted thong clearly meant she was asking for it. It is 2018, and our society is still trying to come up with ways to justify rape and sexual assault. It is 2018, and we are teaching young women to be scared to go out in even jeans and a T-shirt because they will be catcalled and wolf-whistled, being made into prey for other people to stare at. It is 2018, and we are bringing young women up being taught how not to be raped, rather than bringing our young men up being taught not to rape. It is 2018, and young women still cannot even wear pretty underwear just for ourselves without being told we are just doing it for attention. It is 2018, and we are still asking for it. It is still our fault. I wasn't asking for it. My friends who have spoken up were not asking for it. That young, strong, gorgeous 17 year old was not asking for it. None of us were asking for it to happen to us - when will you stop trying to convince the world that we were? How many more beautiful young girls need to go through this and the subsequent embarrassment, mental and physical trauma and humiliation before you realise that our clear, resounding NO, meant no? Our clothing has never and will never equal our consent.

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The number of posts are just endless. Women have also taken to the streets to conduct peaceful protests.

Even though this whole story is just too sad for words, we are glad that people are voicing their opinions on such global scale, and that the time for women to hold their science against injustice is now over. More power to you ladies. Let's keep this wonderful momentum going.