By Steven Sukkau, Initiative de journalisme local, Winnipeg Sun The first thing you notice is that the mannequins aren’t sexy. One wears a faded hoodie. Another is dressed in nursing scrubs, another in pajamas. A pair of sweats so average they could have been bought at Walmart for $19.99. These are the outfits people were wearing when they were sexually assaulted. The “What Were You Wearing?” exhibit organized by Genesis House is as blunt as its name, a quiet rebuttal to one of the oldest and ugliest myths in human history: that sexual assault can be explained by a victim’s clothing. “No one is asking for it,” says Ang Braun, Executive Director at Genesis House. “That’s the reality. And sometimes people need to see it to believe it.” The exhibit…
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