# Have you ever heard of "Denim Day" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-denim-day/580846 "2011-05-05T16:02:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-denim-day/580846/21 "2011-05-06T13:27:05Z")
Well, my ignorance is in the majority. And now fought. I am now fully supporting this cause. As someone else said when a Massachusetts judge claimed it wasn’t rape because the victim was wearing tight jeans: “I don’t care if she was wallking around naked; nobody has a legal right to lay a finger on her.” ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-denim-day/580846/22 "2011-05-06T13:55:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Wearing jeans has become an international symbol of protest against erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual assault. No, not really. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-denim-day/580846/23 "2011-05-06T14:00:19Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Well, my ignorance is in the majority. And now fought. > > I am now fully supporting this cause. As someone else said when a Massachusetts judge claimed it wasn’t rape because the victim was wearing tight jeans: > > “I don’t care if she was wallking around naked; nobody has a legal right to lay a finger on her.” Wait, I’m confused. The case that sparked this (according to the OP’s link) had nothing to do with a claim that anyone had a legal right to lay a finger on someone **because of what she was wearing**. Rather, he had a legal right to “lay a finger” on her **because it was consensual**. And the evidence that it was consensual was that she was wearing tight jeans that the alleged rapist couldn’t have removed without her cooperation. Still possibly a spurious claim, but not for the reason you imply. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-denim-day/580846/24 "2011-05-06T14:28:58Z")
Yup, but it was not in the context the OP meant it. Denim Day is a day in Catholic School where you can wear jeans. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-denim-day/580846/25 "2011-05-06T14:49:19Z")
I thought Denim Day was for [breast cancer](http://www.denimday.com/news_archive.aspx) stuff. This is the first I hear of this other meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-denim-day/580846/26 "2011-05-06T16:10:30Z")
There’s an [Lee National Denim Day](http://www.denimday.com/default.aspx) for breast cancer research fundraising; we’ve had it a number of years where I work. Never heard of the other one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-denim-day/580846.md?page=1)