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Field Work, Myron Moskovitz
Rape, Blue Jeans, And Judicial Developments In Italy, Benedetta Faedi Duramy
Rape, Blue Jeans, And Judicial Developments In Italy, Benedetta Faedi Duramy
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On June 10, 2008, the Supreme Court of Italy (Corte di Cassazione) affirmed a decision made by the Court of Appeal of Venezia condemning a defendant to one year of imprisonment for having repeatedly sexually assaulted a sixteen-year-old girl. The appellant, who was in a relationship with the mother of the victim and cohabited with them at the time of the aggression, argued that the girl had slanderously misrepresented the facts. Particularly, the defendant claimed that since the plaintiff was wearing a pair of tight blue jeans at the time of the alleged episode of sexual violence, it is not …