An article I accidentally found while searching for something about online rape brought me to the attention of a video hosted by Hostel by Anabel in collaboration with UN Women. I had intended to treat the video of the campaign against violence against girls and women in all its forms differently, but the tragedy of November 26 left little to be forgotten. Yet here we are again.
As you can see below, Alberta Kamenica and Deamishel Hoxha ask occasional passersby which of the girls in the photo may have been raped in reference to a hypothetical situation. Respondents' reactions, with most of the girls weeks, were unbelievable.
Ironically, what brought me back to the video is an exhibition of rape clothes, which dates back nearly two years to Molenbeek in Brussels. Complete 18 different outfits: kids clothes, pants and T-shirts, sports tracksuits, police uniforms, thick sweaters, lingerie etc.
It is not the first time that in some way people try to justify rape, sometimes with the phrase "she wanted it herself" and sometimes with clothing. But since we're in the wardrobe, we stop here.
Albanian stories, arriving in Anabel Magazine's inbox for years (which you can find at the bottom of the article) have shown that rape has never had anything to do with dressing up and it's sad to think how easy it is people try to justify or somehow facilitate the phenomenon. I want to conclude with the statement of an elderly citizen who in his Hostel by Anabel video sincerely says: ?None [of the girls have been raped]. No one should be raped. " If rape were a matter of extravagant and provocative clothing, everything would be much simpler.
Over the years stories in Anabel's inbox about the topic of rape:
Stories of Victims of Violence (November, 2014)
The story I'd like to forget (December, 2014)
