65% Brazilians: Women provocatively dressed ask to be raped
'I don't deserve to be raped': Viral photo response to shocking research which revealed 65.1% of Brazilians think women provocatively dressed ask to be attacked
Mass picture protest staged by journalist Nina Quieroz
Men too have began posting the pictures
66.5 per cent of those who answered survey were women
This woman does a gesture as well as holding the poster which reads '#IDon'tDeserveToBeRaped'. The hashtag #EuNaoMereçoSerEstrupada, which translates as #IDon'tDeserveToBeRaped has gone viral.
Women of all ages have taken to the internet as a result of the controversial response to the survey by the Institute for Applied Economic Research
The IPEA survey had 3,810 respondents - 66.5 per cent of which were women
Men too have spoken out against the sexist attitude revealed in the survey responses. This man's banner reads: 'No woman deserves to be raped'
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Women across Brazil have united by taking pictures of themselves, wearing little or no clothing, with the words 'I don't deserve to be raped' in a protest against the attitude that revealing clothing justifies rape.
The online campaign has flooded social media after it was revealed that 65.1 per cent of Brazilians partly agreed with the statement that if a woman was provocatively dressed - she deserved to be abused. Over half of those surveyed were women.
Brazilian women and men of all ages have tweeted pictures of themselves baring all in the controversial campaign to change perceptions in the country.
The fact that this mentality is still common today is just sad. Uganda just passed a law banning mini skirts and cleavages because it was "immoral", "distracting" and "promoted rape"
This is worrying me, Im sure when they mean provocative they think about short, dresses, skirts. It's really sad, with this kind of opinion, I'm going to buy myself a taser.
This is mindset people have everywhere in the world! It's disgusting and disturbing to know that people actually believe that I as a woman deserve to be raped depending on what I'm wearing. At the same time these people are also the same ones saying Muslim women are oppressed and not emancipated simply because they are covered up.