Ethics: Duncan Quinn

The photograph of the Duncan Quinn image portrays sexual assault and rape to the woman which appears to be lying dead on top of a luxurious classic car wearing nothing but only her lingerie. The body language of the woman tells me that she in unguarding herself with both her hands helplessly beside her displays surrender and defeat. The man dressed in his expensive looking suit reflects wealth and authority; in the image it shows the man’s tie around the woman’s neck as he carelessly tugs her across the car. the tie represents a sense of ownership as likened to a dog with the leash, or a collar, which leads to the theory of men buying or seducing women as she become an animal in the site of men. This image was photographed at night to ironically portray the sense of darkness with in the image. The man’s fascial expression shows that he is does not care about the woman and her situation but instead he stares bluntly at the camera with no emotion in in his face; this shows that the man treats the woman as an item of ownership and not as person.

Over all I think that Duncan Quinn want this image to represent sexual violence against women and how the wealthy takes advantage of the lesser to participate into sexual activities to earn a living. The image also displays the objectification of human which leaves us with the theory of the man murdering the woman and enjoying it afterwards, as shown through his facial expression, advertising propaganda of male dominance. Another speculation of this photograph is suicide, looking at the image the woman is shown with a tie around her neck and this can also express a form of foreshadow of the woman committing suicide by hanging herself leading to the topic of many young women committing suicide due to rape and sexual harassment. The image also shows many signs of sexist behaviour, starting off with the man in his suit, the photo shows the properly dressed for the occasion while the woman is half naked, this symbolises women as weak and useless following up its stereotype about woman.

Dealing with the ethical issue of this subject is not an easy solution, I believe that at an early age children should be taught to respect and give equal rights to each gender. Men should not see women as weak and vulnerable nor seek them for their physical appearance but instead they should accept the opposing gender and acknowledge their decisions. Although most of society that are sexually abused are women we should also not forget the existence of male rape and abuse. In conclusion we should not allow stereotypes and gender roles to control how to live, for example, men and women should be allowed to take any job at their desire without any label attached and by opening a window such as this will enhance the image of each gender and will prevent many violence and traumatic incidence involving sexual abuse.