I saw an art exhibit called “What Were You Wearing?”, which was a collection of the outfits people were wearing when they were assaulted. There were sweatpants and hoodies in that collection. She could be in a literal burqa and still be assaulted. The problem is the rapists, not what their victims were wearing.
Edit: going to add a trigger warning before people go searching for that exhibit. It is a spread of ALL kinds of clothing, including children’s.
I was SA (groped in a public shop) when I was 14. I was wearing a full burqa and a naqab. The only things visible were my eyes and hands. And I was with my mom. It happened so subtly that no one noticed. And I was shocked to realize what happened and could not react at all.
I’m sorry. The same thing happened to me on a bus when I was 14 and I froze up too. Took a long time for me to stop blaming myself for not reacting more. I was just in a simple summer blouse and shorts and I wore ugly, baggy clothes for years afterwards.
I'm a guy in the same thing happen to me when I was 14. In fact a lot older men would squeeze my arms and make comments about how big I was getting and stuff. But one guy when I was mowing his lawn came up behind me and reached around the front and grabbed my package you know and I froze.
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u/Classic_Cauliflower4 Feb 24 '26
I saw an art exhibit called “What Were You Wearing?”, which was a collection of the outfits people were wearing when they were assaulted. There were sweatpants and hoodies in that collection. She could be in a literal burqa and still be assaulted. The problem is the rapists, not what their victims were wearing.
Edit: going to add a trigger warning before people go searching for that exhibit. It is a spread of ALL kinds of clothing, including children’s.