Australian photographer Rory Banwell‘s powerful ‘Still Not Asking For It’ photo series is tackling the culture of blaming the victims of sexual assault, the implication that they ‘asked for it’, head on.
Rory’s black and white photos show men and women naked from the waist up, with messages such as ‘fashion is not an invitation,’ ‘alcohol is not an excuse’ and ‘never asking for it’, scrawled across their bodies.
In other words, regardless of what someone’s wearing, how drunk they are, who they are, no one is ever asking to be raped, sexually assaulted, or abused.