"A string is not a consent": the networks were filled with underwear to protest a violation without justice

Strings on Twitter, strings on Facebook, strings on Instagram. Social networks were filled images and drawings of underwear repudiated for the argument used to absolve a 27-year-old man accused of rape: his 17-year-old victim "wore a lace thong ". The outrage has reached the Irish Parliament.

The case has aroused strong indignation in Ireland and, thanks to the networks, around the world, people have posted photos of their underwear with hashtags #ThisIsNotConsent (this is not a consent) or # IBelieveHer (I believe it).

"I am with the 17-year-old girl and her rape case in Cork, I believe you." #ThisIotNonsConsent #IBelieveHer Yes, it's beautiful [en relación a la tanga] No, I do not want to do it # 39; love. I have it for myself, no one else #ThisIsConsent, "posted a Twitter user.

"What is it? that is, the 1950s? God knows that they would have thought of me. that I often do not even wear [ropa interior]. I guess I was looking for gang rape, "criticized another.

"The use of a string does not give consent. A short skirt is not "looking". The clothing of a woman is not an open invitation. It does not mean no. This is not a consent! ", Writes another in an Instagram post.

" It's still a rape, "says another illustration that circulates in the networks and shows a big panties and a thong.

Underwear in Parliament

The Indignation arrives at the Irish Parliament where MP Ruth Coppinger exposes a thong of lace in full protest and denounces the " traditional blame of the victims"

"It may sound embarrbading to show a pair of thongs here … What do you think of a victim of rape or a woman when she shows her underwear in an audience room? ", He asked.

" The reference to underwear and the inference that the jury was asked to think that, because she was dressed like that, was asking for bad, we are not surprised, "said Noeline Blackwell of Dublin Crime Center.The director of this center dedicated to the victims of this type of business explained that he had reasons not to wait for more justice "We accompany people in court and we see all the time that stereotypes of rape are used to discredit whistleblowers. "

Thongs in the street

Organized feminist organizations demonstrate in Cork, Dublin and in other cities of Ireland until denounce the Machismo in Justice and Blaming the Victims ]

Dozens of people chanted slogans such as "the garment is not a consent", "the flip flops do not speak", "n & # 39; is not a no "or" it's not a consent "by holding underwear.

In Cork, protesters filled the courthouse with thongs and panties.

Representative Coppinger, who attended the Dublin events, said: "People are tired of badism, racism or anything that is used to divide people, they can not wait to change that. This is a reflection of what has happened over the past five years in Ireland, it has been built a lot, has changed attitudes towards the position of women in society especially among young people, "he said.

" The idea that this may occur in 2018, that whatever you propose justifies in one way or another any type of badual violence, is late "he told the newspaper Metro.

"It is very common to see this sort of thing when it comes to badual violence, especially badual violence against women," said Ryan Fiona, one of the organizers of the march.

"We decided to organize this event not only for this specific case, but to request the fi No blame for the victims, we demand a systemic change so that people, especially women, but all victims of badual violence, get a fair trial. declared.