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Jeopardy. Denim Day $100. April 24, 2013. What is Denim Day in Nevada?. Denim Day $200. The year the Denim Day was brought to the United States?. What is 1999? ( Denim Day in LA was created by Peace Over Violence and has evolved into Denim Day in LA & USA). Denim Day $300.
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Denim Day $100 April 24, 2013
Denim Day $200 The year the Denim Day was brought to the United States?
What is 1999? (Denim Day in LA was created by Peace Over Violence and has evolved into Denim Day in LA & USA)
Denim Day $300 This symbolizes that no matter how tight, wearing them is NOT an invitation to rape.
Denim Day $400 The first year Denim Day was held in Nevada
What is April 18, 2008 The first Denim Day was brought to Nevada by the Las Vegas Rape Crisis Center and as others were invited to learn more it evolved to include other counties. In 2013 Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence and Scrap Domestic Violence organized and sponsored the first Denim Day in Nevada.
Denim Day $500 A world wide event that began after an Italian court overturned a rape verdict because the victim was wearing tight jeans.
Myths $100 The frequency of rape and sexual assault experienced by women in the U.S.
What is nearly 1 in 5 women have been raped in their lifetime? 1 in 3 teens experience sexual or physical abuse or threats from a boyfriend or girlfriend in one year (nomore.org) Every 2 minutes, someone in the US is being sexually assaulted (RAINN.org)
Myths $200 This is a myth about the relationship between women’s clothing and their likelihood of being raped.
What is the myth that women encourage rape by wearing suggestive clothing? The truth is that women are raped and assaulted while wearing everything from pajamas to business suits.
Myths $300 This is the truth about the relationship of the perpetrators and the victims of rape.
What is the fact that most women know the person who raped or assaulted them? Almost 2/3 of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim (USDOJ)
Myths $400 This is a myth about men as rape victims.
What is “men can’t be raped”? 1 in 6 men have experienced abusive sexual experiences before the age of 18 (1in6.org) In 2003 1 in every 10 rape victims were male. (RAINN)
Myths $500 This is the truth about the type of people that rape others.
What is the fact that convicted rapists come from all different backgrounds, professions, race and income levels? 73% of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger. 38% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance. 28% are an intimate.
History $100 The country in which Denim Day started.
What is Italy? Denim Day has become a world wide event that calls to community members and elected officials to stand with survivors of sexual assault to wear denim in protest of what happened in Italy in 1997. This is a time to coordinate events and raise awareness about sexual assault, and its myths and misconceptions, in order to support survivors and bring an end to this crime.
History $200 The year Nevada first recognized Denim Day.
History $300 The reason we wear jeans on Denim Day.
What is to raise awareness of the need to step forward and take a stand against rape?
History $400 The reason the women of the Italian legislature wore jeans in protest in 1999.
What is the Italian High Court ruling that overturned a rape conviction because the victim was wearing tight jeans?
History $500 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s comment on when our lives begin to end.
What is “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”?
Grab Bag $100 Qualifies as sexual assault