Brock Turner's name is on the lips of every news anchor this week, as his sentence has been determined for the sexual assault charge brought against him. The former Stanford student-athlete was convicted of raping a female student at a party they both attended; he took advantage of her in the most inhumane way possible. At his trial, he was originally estimated to receive over a decade behind bars in prison...yet at the end of the hearing, he was assigned six months in a local jail, with the possibility of early release for good behavior.

Brock's father has made himself public enemy number two (right behind his son) at the conclusion of the trial. He argues that six months for "20 minutes of action" is hampering his son's once bright future. A Stanford student, an athlete, and a young man working extremely hard for a bright future; all justifiable excuses for Brock's actions in the eyes of his father. Yet six months does not do Brock's crime justice. Six months does not make the event evaporate from existence -- no amount of time will -- and to have the judicial system allow such a pitiful consequence for an unthinkable crime is a tragedy.

On average, 18% of women experience some form of sexual assault in their life; 54% of them around the age of 18. Aside from the shame, despair, and hurt that these victims experience, the psychological implications of sexual assault are devastating. A majority of victims remain in high levels of distress, experiencing extreme PTSD, for at least two years after the incident has occurred. Other symptoms that will be heavily felt during the first two years are depression, body dysmorphic disorders, compulsory body mutations, eating disorders, sexual disorders, and physical disorders that are results of the crime committed against the victim's body. Cases are unique to the individual, yet PTSD is an unavoidable result of the situation. Two years of heavy hurt are sure to follow victims, as well as continuous healing for the rest of their life.

Brock Turner's victim will have, at the very least, two years of physical and psychological pain for something that she did not do. Though she may not remember the event in itself, she will certainly remember the implications - both physical and emotional - that the aftermath has brought. She did not bring the harm that she is experiencing, and will continue to experience, on herself, Brock did. Yet she is stuck with years and years of traumatic, sleep depriving symptoms, and Brock will spend, at most, half a year in jail.

The punishment does not even begin to match the crime. Looking at a basic timeline of sexual assault recovery, Brock is able to skate out of a punishment, while his victim receives a lifetime of hurt and anguish that society would wish on no one. His victim will just be breaking the surface of healing when Brock is let out of jail. It appears as though the time frames are both widely inappropriate; one would think that Brock's sentence could at least parallel the pain he has caused. Instead he is not even close to paying for the hurtful damage that he has done.