This Student’s Powerful Photo Series Inspired By Brock Turner’s Release Will Make You Think
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When Brock Turner, a former student at Stanford University in California, was sentenced in June 2016 to only six months for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, many people were understandably outraged. And they were even more angry when Turner was released on September 2nd after serving only half of his already meagre sentence.
In response to this miscarriage of justice, Yana Mazurkevich, a 20-year-old student at Ithaca College in New York, decided to create the photo series you can see below. The project, titled “It Happened”, was made for a sexual assault awareness media platform called Current Solutions, and as you can see, the message is pretty powerful. As Mazurkevich wrote on her Facebook page, “In response to Brock Turner’s early release, this photo series aims to continue the conversation on sexual assault, As well as to raise a huge finger to Turner and his 3-month jail time.”
More info: Current Solutions | Yana Mazurkevich | Facebook
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I'm glad they included everyone, men and women....
Richard Petch : you're the one who should have his face smashed. You're disgusting. You sound like one of those rappist saying that their victim wanted it. You should never have to smash someone's face. Just saying 'NO' 1 time should be enough to stop anything. And if it doesn't stop you agressor, it's highly possible that you just can't fight. So what, will you tell every person raped by someone stronger than themselves that they wanted it because they didn't fight him/her?
oh FFS Richard Petch, you're an idiot! Any person can be physically tough. However, when it comes to rape, the victim can become weak before, during just after the ordeal due to the fear. If you have NOT been through this, quit your "men should be macho" comments and shut the heck up! I do not wish rape upon anyone, it is honestly the most horrible thing for anyone to encounter.
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I f your are a fella and let some other guy get that far as to push it up your ass that is your own fault for not turning and smashing his face in, come on, there is not wanting it and fighting your way out or there is the I don't want it but want to know what it feels like. This is my opinion .
How about if the assaulted is far more feeble then the assaulter ? It's usually the ones that are the most defenseless who get abused. Think before generalizing! As a man does!
Your such a jerk. has it happened to you or have you seen it or actually read about it? The stop making uneducated guesses and go learn
Sometimes they could be drunk (rapist, victim, or both) and that does NOT mean they were asking for it. As they said it is unexpected
Really strong and powerful pictures. They succeeded in both being uncomfortable and informative in a balanced way.
John Smith: where do you see that the Asian guy is not stronger than the black guy? Nowhere. I don't know what you peant behind this comment but there is definitely somthing wrong with you. As for the uncomfortable part, yes, these pictures make people uncomfortable if they have any common sense and understand the meaning of what is happening. If you're not uncomfortable with this then you have a serious problem, and so might have every woman unfortunately crossing your path...
John Smith, just stop, please! You're making yourself look silly!
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"uncomfortable" ?? ..... maybe in a "I'm 14 and this is really deep," vapid, perpetual victimization sort of way ...
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And let's be real, the little Asian dude isn't going to bend over the black guy ... lol ... this is fantasy, progressive, BS, PC smut
Racist much? YOU BE REAL, it can happen to ANYONE
finally someone remembered ALL the cases when it happens
Oh shut the heck up John Smith!
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Pretty sure that Igor was being sarcastic...but the audience is too dumb to realize it
He wasn't it can happen guy-guy girl-girl girl-guy guy-girl
I'm glad they included everyone, men and women....
Richard Petch : you're the one who should have his face smashed. You're disgusting. You sound like one of those rappist saying that their victim wanted it. You should never have to smash someone's face. Just saying 'NO' 1 time should be enough to stop anything. And if it doesn't stop you agressor, it's highly possible that you just can't fight. So what, will you tell every person raped by someone stronger than themselves that they wanted it because they didn't fight him/her?
oh FFS Richard Petch, you're an idiot! Any person can be physically tough. However, when it comes to rape, the victim can become weak before, during just after the ordeal due to the fear. If you have NOT been through this, quit your "men should be macho" comments and shut the heck up! I do not wish rape upon anyone, it is honestly the most horrible thing for anyone to encounter.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
I f your are a fella and let some other guy get that far as to push it up your ass that is your own fault for not turning and smashing his face in, come on, there is not wanting it and fighting your way out or there is the I don't want it but want to know what it feels like. This is my opinion .
How about if the assaulted is far more feeble then the assaulter ? It's usually the ones that are the most defenseless who get abused. Think before generalizing! As a man does!
Your such a jerk. has it happened to you or have you seen it or actually read about it? The stop making uneducated guesses and go learn
Sometimes they could be drunk (rapist, victim, or both) and that does NOT mean they were asking for it. As they said it is unexpected
Really strong and powerful pictures. They succeeded in both being uncomfortable and informative in a balanced way.
John Smith: where do you see that the Asian guy is not stronger than the black guy? Nowhere. I don't know what you peant behind this comment but there is definitely somthing wrong with you. As for the uncomfortable part, yes, these pictures make people uncomfortable if they have any common sense and understand the meaning of what is happening. If you're not uncomfortable with this then you have a serious problem, and so might have every woman unfortunately crossing your path...
John Smith, just stop, please! You're making yourself look silly!
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"uncomfortable" ?? ..... maybe in a "I'm 14 and this is really deep," vapid, perpetual victimization sort of way ...
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
And let's be real, the little Asian dude isn't going to bend over the black guy ... lol ... this is fantasy, progressive, BS, PC smut
Racist much? YOU BE REAL, it can happen to ANYONE
finally someone remembered ALL the cases when it happens
Oh shut the heck up John Smith!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Pretty sure that Igor was being sarcastic...but the audience is too dumb to realize it
He wasn't it can happen guy-guy girl-girl girl-guy guy-girl