Gang Rape Argument

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This summer, all over the United States it was difficult to turn on one’s television and not be subjected to the Stanford University case where a young man named Brock Turner sexually assaulted a young woman, with the mindset that what he was doing was okay, and that no consequences would come to him. Luckily according to CNN “‘About 25 yards away, two men, passers-by, had pinned down and restrained a young man who was later identified as Turner” (CNN). If not for those two bystanders, the damage done to the young victim would have been unimaginable. In the United States one out of every five women in college are victims of sexual assault. With sexual violence being so prevalent, the media attempts to make it okay to use for branding purposes, …show more content…

Starting with the men, they are all generally what one would consider attractive, all with great physique, first of all, this could show men seeing this ad that that is what they have to look like or what they are doing in the ad is okay to do. The big picture in this ad is a glorification of gang rape, the first man is shirtless and pinning down the young lady who is not even looking directly at him and has her eyes closed. Perhaps the symbolism of the first man wearing shades is so that the woman cannot see his actual expression in what he is attempting to do. The second man presents himself as patiently for his turn with the young lady, it seems like he is examining the first man and what he is doing so that he could replicate. Even though the third man is all the way in the back, him being in the process of taking off his clothes shows that he too plans on joining in on the group activity, or the third man is standing back and being hesitant on joining in on what is going on. The fourth man is in the for ground of the picture, but all the way to the side so by the time one’s eyes make it to him the generalization of what is going on in the picture is ostensive, which is staring intently, but not at the man’s actions, he is more captivated by the face of the women herself, although he too seems as if he is impassively waiting for his turn in the rotation. The