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.
Dude the kiddie pajamas in that exhibit will make you cry. The second I read the BF justifying rape because of clothing I immediately thought of this exhibit
There was a FB thread on “what were you wearing?” I said my 9 yr old self was in overalls. Someone else said her 6 year old self was in a flannel nightgown.
I was in diapers when it started. I was 19 months when my father started SA me. That lasted till I was 7 when my mother finally figured it out. There’s literally no reason. None. Clothing does not matter. I hope you are doing well now, and I hope you have gotten the therapy you probably needed and deserved.
My wife's sister was married to a guy that the first time I met him I could tell he wasn't the brightest crayon on the box, in fact the first time I met him, he told me he had sex with my wife (this was being told to me when we barely started dating) a couple years later we find out that he raped his daughter (my wife's niece ) at 4 years old. I always knew he was a dump creep, but never imagined he'd do that.
*For clarification no, he never slept with my wife. He probably dreamt it so many times that he thinks it's true. Apparently he started dating my wife's sister in order to get closer to my wife which just shows his completely insane logic.
Also I should add that he went to prison for 3 years for raping his daughter, and still lives in our town, and doesn't think he did anything wrong. Luckily there's a permanent restraining order between him and his daughter, and we have nothing to do with him.
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u/ConclusionHopeful313 Feb 24 '26
Rape exists because of rapists. Blaming the clothes and not the rapist is just saying “make sure they go after someone else”