AT WHAT POINT DOES SHE EARN YOUR RESPECT
by Maja Peirce
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At what point does a woman's body earn respect? After she has enough clothing on? After she is married? After she is of a certain age? After she is loud? After she is quiet?
What women wear, what they do, and who they are should never make sexual assault an understandable crime. Yet, between the years of 1890-1970, thousands of articles were written as if a woman's marriage status, "purity," sexuality, personality, or race deemed them unworthy of respect.
This dress compiles words used to describe girls and women who were victims of sexual assault in historical articles between the years 1980-1970.
Works Cited:
The colored American. (Washington, DC) 20 Oct. 1900, p. 2. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn83027091/1900-10-20/ed-1/.
The Washington herald. (Washington, DC) 30 Aug. 1913, p. 4. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn83045433/1913-08-30/ed-1/.
World War history: daily records and comments as appeared in American and foreign newspapers, -1926. (New York, NY) 1 Jan. 1920, p. 152. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2004540423/1920-01-01/ed-1/.
The Evening World. (New York, NY) 30 Jan. 1908, p. 2. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn83030193/1908-01-30/ed-1/.
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