“I was determined to express the idea that oppression of women does not just occur in extreme isolated incidents,” the photographer said, “but can also be felt in lesser forms during the day to day.”
"This was right around the time of the Santa Barbara shooting," Bartel said in a video she made on her project, "and this really awful tragedy had sparked a lot of online discussion about rape culture, everyday sexism. ... I had never seen a conversation this open about the topic.
Allaire Bartel
"You don't have to be married or in a domestic relationship to understand this image," Bartel told BuzzFeed News. "It is an indicator that this can even happen in your home with the people you're supposed to be closest to."
Allaire Bartel
