A accepted shirt and yoga pants.
Pyjamas.
My chicken shorts and a T-shirt.
Those are some of the answers to the question, What were you wearing? — received by the advancement group Violence Prevention West in Corner Brook.
The organization is putting calm a affectation to claiming the abstraction that what an alone wore during an adventure of animal abandon contributed to their victimization.
One of the belief accustomed by organizers in Corner Brook, which will be included in an accessible exhibit. (Submitted by Victoria Jones)
"We accept all these assumption notions and stereotypes about what a victim of animal advance looks like, the accouterment that she wears, did her accouterment accept a allotment in bringing this on?" said controlling administrator Victoria Jones.
"Funny abundant we're accepting yoga pants, T-shirts, jeans, it's not at all what we would think, so we absolutely appetite to carve that allegory and absolutely change some attitudes about that."
The accumulation affairs to charm apparel based on belief submitted, or in some cases use the accouterment supplied by the being who aggregate the story.
Organizers in Corner Brook say they were aggressive by the What Were You Wearing? affectation captivated at the University of Kansas in September. (Facebook)
The alignment has been overextension the chat on amusing media, allurement bodies to call the accouterment they were wearing, and accommodate as abundant detail about the advance as they feel adequate with.
Of the 10 submissions accustomed by Friday, Jones said about half describe the accouterment and belief of accouchement who were beneath the age of 12 back they were assaulted.
'We apperceive that bodies appetite to acquaint their belief ... That in itself can be actual empowering.'- Victoria Jones, Abandon Prevention West
"That's really, absolutely cogent to us, and it's a actuality that we assignment with all the time, is that abandon adjoin children, abnormally girls, is aloof as catching as abandon adjoin women."
The accumulation will aggregate belief for the abutting brace of weeks, and while there is no date yet for the exhibit, Jones said the items will be displayed to accompany with 16 Days of Activism Adjoin Gender-Based Violence, which begins on Nov. 25 and ends Dec. 10.
A adventure from the What Were You Wearing? art accession at the University of Kansas. (Facebook)
"This is article new and this is article avant-garde and a little bit sensitive," Jones told CBC Radio's Corner Brook Morning Show.
"There is a achievability that the acknowledgment may be overwhelming. We apperceive that bodies appetite to acquaint their belief ... That in itself can be actual allotment to somebody who's been through animal violence."
Anyone who would like to allotment a adventure or get added advice can acquaintance Abandon Prevention West at 709-634-6606 or through their Facebook page, or by email: violencepreventionwest@gmail.com.
A alembic has additionally been placed alfresco the Corner Brook Women's Centre so bodies can bead off accouterment and belief anonymously.
