New photo Irish women bare their underwear in protest at rape trial

Women's rights activists are baring their underwear in Ireland to protest a rape trial in which the 17-year-old victim's thong was used to help clear her alleged attacker.

A 27-year-old man was found not guilty of rape in Cork after his lawyer suggested to jurors that the teenager's lacy underwear meant she was 'open to meeting someone and being with someone.' 

Since then, dozens of women have shared pictures of their knickers online under the hashtag ThisIsNotConsent to protest the case.

Women in Ireland have been baring their underwear in protest over a 17-year-old girl who saw her alleged rapist cleared after her thong was mentioned in evidence

Hundreds of women marched in Dublin on Wednesday carrying banners with the hashtag 'ThisIsNotConsent' on them, after an online campaign started the movement

The protest was prompted after the accused rapist's lawyer mentioned the fact that the victim was wearing a lace thong, and said it showed that she 'was open to being with someone'

Hundreds of people also took to the streets across Ireland brandishing thongs while minister Ruth Coppinger held up a pair of frilly underwear in parliament.

She told fellow lawmakers: 'Why is nothing yet being done to stop the routine use of rape myths in trials, and how concerned is this Government about the chilling effect this is having on victims coming forward?

'It might seem embarrassing to show a pair of thongs here in this incongruous of the Dail. But the reason I'm doing it: how do you think a... woman feels at the incongruous setting of her underwear being shown in a court?

'How heroic do you have to be to pursue a rape trial in this country?'

Tweeting about her decision afterward, she added: 'I hear cameras cut away from me when I displayed this underwear in

The campaign started online after women began sharing pictures of their underwear in order to 'dispel the myth' that clothing gives an indication of consent

The protest began in a private Facebook group called Women of Ireland but soon spread to Twitter, where the hashtag went viral

Dozens of women joined in with sharing hashtag before the demonstration took to the streets

'In courts victims can have their underwear passed around as evidence and it's within the rules, hence need to display in Dáil.

'#ThisIsNotConsent.'

The protests started in a private Facebook group called Mna na hEireann - meaning Women of Ireland - after the case concluded.

Susan Dillon, a member of the group who also runs the Twitter account I Believe Her, then helped promote the campaign to the wider world.

Speaking to the Irish Independent, she said: 'One of the women in the group was angry at the comments made, as we all were. 

'Irrespective of the other evidence… no item of the complainant's clothing implied consent.

Minister Ruth Coppinger also held up a pair of pants in the Irish parliament, asking the Prime Minister: 'How heroic do you have to be to pursue a rape trial in this country?'

Coppinger later shared an image of the thong on Twitter, and also joined marchers on the streets of Dublin on Wednesday

'If a jury is a representative sample of the population, then it's clear we have some work to do to dispel this archaic myth that clothing invites rape.'

At a march in Dublin on Sunday night, demonstrators held signs that read 'Stop victim blaming in courts' while chanting 'Clothes are not consent'.

People Before Profit TD Brid Smith told the crowd that they must organise and fight back against injustice.

'Consistently we see in court where women's bodies have been violated and women are made to feel like it's their fault,' she said.

'Prejudice is at the heart of the system itself, no matter where you come from and who you accuse - there is a lack of justice in this country for women.

'This is a nasty unjust system - why are the government not bringing legislation forward to stop this happening in court?'

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