The Cycle of Abuse Illustrated Through Single Photos and Multiple Models
Statistics show that 70% of people who are abused as children will grow up into adults who will in turn abuse children. A recent awareness ad campaign by Mexican organization Save the Children shared this fact in single photographs that are both creative and difficult to stomach.
The advertisements were originally published back in May 2012, and were created by Mexican agency Y&R and photographer Ale Burset.Each one uses five models showing one individual at different stages of life. In the foreground, the individual is experiencing abuse as a child. Older versions of the abused child grow up as they walk across the background of the frame, and turn into the original abuser by the time they walk a full circle.
“70% of abused children turn into abusive adults. Donate at savethechildren.mx,” the advertisements say.
this teared me up and gave me chills. close to home
Someone requested that I made this rebloggable, so here you go.
Anonymous said: I really just stumbled on this by accident. While I agree that domestic violence, rape, and child abuse are of course wrong, you do realize that there are several instances where hitting women is acceptable? Such as in retaliation for BEING hit? I'm speaking purely as an equal rights activist of course.
Yes, I do agree with you. This blog, however, was directed at domestic violence against women specifically. I started it for a school project & it grew a little from there. If I ever have time I think I might switch it up to encompass a wider array of issues. Thanks for your input. You can always come off anon if you want to talk more about this :)
SlutWalk at UCF
The 1 counselor I told screamed at me, called me a liar and kicked me out.
The 1 female friend I told called me a liar, kicked me out and hasn’t spoken to me since.
The rape crisis line I called told me that women don’t rape men and that it was disgusting that I would lie about something like that before hanging up on me.
The one male friend I told gave me a hug, he asked me if there was anything I needed, then told me he was sorry that this happened to me and that he was there for me if I ever wanted to talk about it. We then went back to business as usual and he didn’t treat me any differently or as if I was some fragile china doll who would break at the slightest touch. I’ll love him forever for that.
TL;DR ; I was raped by a woman and the only one to believe me and offer comfort was another man, all women I told thought I was lying because “women don’t rape men”. (reddit)
If you believe that men are scum and woman can never rape men (or even believe they do significantly less), please sit down and stop. (via merps) Mar/06/2013 • 16,203 notes • Reblog
notes found in the girls bathroom on my campus
Maybe I’ll make a few to leave in the men’s bathrooms.
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No seriously America, read this.
Jan/21/2013 • 3,200 notes • ReblogSHOCKING FACT: 5 or more innocent children will die today because of child abuse.
We need to show the little ones that this is NOT what love looks like.
Click HERE to help!
If you are the male victim of misandrist/discriminatory behaviour, whether physical, verbal or in writing, please contact your local police IMMEDIATELY. If you are the friend/colleague/relative of a male victim of female abuse, please contact the police on his behalf NOW.
Dec/20/2012 • 4 notes • ReblogBe sure to “full view” each page because (at least on my computer) the black in some of the pages is just GONE. Anyway, my design final. A comic attempting to address society’s failure of telling young boys (and girls too sometimes) that abuse/violence/bullying is NOT an appropriate way to show affection…
