Denim Day is an international campaign that began after the Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction because the victim was wearing tight jeans that required her cooperation to remove. To the justices, this implied that she had given her consent. In outrage and solidarity, women in Italy’s Parliament responded to this judgement by wearing jeans to work. This action was picked up by activists in the U.S. and has developed into an annual campaign utilizing denim as a symbol of protest against the attitudes and biases that perpetuate sexual harassment and assault. Sponsored in the U.S. by an organization called Peace Over Violence, Denim Day is an opportunity for community members to, “make a social statement with their fashion statement by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual violence.”