What were you wearing exhibit

For years, the project received little attention, not even garnering a mention in the student newspaper. That all changed in September 2017, when Jen Brockman’s “What Were You Wearing?” exhibit made its way to the University of Kansas. Brockman and her colleagues at the University of Arkansas developed the concept back in 2013, launching the […]

The installation at Texas A&M’s Memorial Student Center is on display through Dec. 20.

An advocacy group in Corner Brook is looking for submissions for an exhibit to challenge the notion that what an individual wears contributes to victimization.

A harrowing exhibition in the Molenbeek district of Brussels has recreated the outfits rape survivors were wearing when they were attacked, in a bid to challenge one of the most 'pervasive rape culture myths'.

Each time the victim of sexual violence gets asked what they were wearing, it heartlessly implies that he or she was responsible for the assault and could have prevented it. Victim blaming drives responsibility away from a perpetrator and puts it on the victim's shoulders. To fight against the myth that sexual assault could be prevented by the victim alone, art exhibit displaying what victims were wearing during the assault was created.

Each time the victim of sexual violence gets asked what they were wearing, it heartlessly implies that he or she was responsible for the assault and could have prevented it. Victim blaming drives responsibility away from a perpetrator and puts it on the victim's shoulders. To fight against the myth that sexual assault could be prevented by the victim alone, art exhibit displaying what victims were wearing during the assault was created.

There’s a form-fitting, bright red minidress.There’s also some workout clothes, a button-up shirt with slacks, a nightshirt, a man’s T-shirt and cargo pants, and a couple child-size sundresses. None of those outfits invited the people wearing them to be sexually assaulted, an installation on view this week at the University of Kansas reminds us.

"What Were You Wearing?" re-creates outfits survivors had on when they were assaulted, alongside personal stories.

'What were you wearing?'