The film The Hunting Ground is a piece on sexual assault based on young adult’s horrific experiences during their college years. The film starts off by hooking in the audience with videos displaying the excitement behind college and how joyous it is to attend a university you really want to go to. The film then takes a drastic turn with a young woman stating she was sexually assaulted before she ever even attended her first class at UNC Chapel Hill. Along with this, a number of other disturbing stories are told in the video describing their sexual assault experience as well as the what happens next. The after effects of these assaults is what the film aims to raise awareness about. Students would report what happened to them to administrators on campus and they would reply comments such as, “were you wearing something provocative?” or “maybe you should not have led him on”; which is unacceptable and is why this film was created. …show more content…
One example of these alarming statistics is how a prestigious university like Stanford had 259 sexual assaults reported from 1996 to 2013, but only one expulsion ever occurred. Fed up with this, Andrea Pino and Annie Clark, two sexual assault survivors in the film tired of dealing with the corrupt universities then take actions into their own hands by filing a Title IX. By doing this they developed a national network devoted to justice for sexual assault occurrences. By getting this national attention they were able to get more and more survivors to share their story. This documentary brings the reality of sexual assault on college campuses to the world and raises thoughts and inquires at a national level, really making people look at universities
The Hunting Ground is a documentary written and directed by Kirby Dick. The film follows the journey of two sexual assault survivors, Andrea Pino and Annie Clark, as they file a Title IX lawsuit against University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for not properly supporting them. Although released in March of 2015, the documentary features cases and personal narratives from survivors dating back to 2011. Pino and Clark also provide testimonials from other real survivors, both college-aged men and women, in order to depict the prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses. The film also provides insight and statistics from various educated professionals, such as university deans, researchers, and writers. The demographics of the sexual assault
The trial of 19 year old Owen Laurie has brought into light the alarming rate in which Sexual assault is rising. The issue that rages on in Colleges is said to be making its way to high schools and primary school. In a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of Violence Prevention, 19% of Undergraduate women experienced
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The Hunting Ground, directed by Kirby Dick was a great eye opener and was amazing to watch to get a realistic view of what goes on throughout college campuses. As the film continued on following the lives of several undergrad students who had been sexually assaulted it got me to think, why? Even after watching it twice I still was in shock by the endless amounts of victim blaming these prestige’s schools were putting on their students.
In Rape in the Fields, the issue of sexual assault and harassment in the farm industry
Sociological Analysis of Sexual Assault This essay will examine the social and cultural conditions, within the macro-diachronic and micro-synchronic theoretical models, that intensify or perpetuate sexual assault. I have chosen only one concept from each model because these are the only concepts that I feel that I can use to most accurately and comprehensively depict causes and reasons for why sexual assault is deeply entrenched in our social structure. I will thus explore, from these ideological viewpoints, some of the motivations and circumstances that lead offenders to sexual assault. I will also fuse some of the historical attitudes from which today's concepts have evolved into our contemporary understanding of these social phenomena. However, it’s important that we look beyond both offenders' motivations and history, and to the greater sociological view, if we are to correctly reconstruct acts of violence such as sexual assault.
“I felt his hands start to move down towards my shorts as if he was trying to unbutton them or pull them off. I was still crying at this point and felt so scared that I couldn’t move” (Henneberger, 2012). These are words written by a college freshman after she had been raped, but they are true for many others as well. According to the Rape Crisis Center of Medina and Summit Counties, “every two minutes someone in the US is sexually assaulted” (Get the Facts). “Girls ages 16-19 are four times more likely than the than the general population to be victims of sexual assault” (Get the Facts). These women may be described as slut, cheap, or ready for action, rather than victim, sufferer, or survivor. Rape myths encourage these demeaning terms for women and conceal the reality of rape culture. I will describe the pervasiveness of sexual assault on college campuses as well as the systems and procedures in place to address it. Power plays a role in this issue, including the powerful men on campus such as athletes and fraternity members as well as the administrators in power who regulate the punishments and actions that are taken against the perpetrators. The influence of those in power often goes overlooked in our society because it has become so intertwined with our culture.
With one in five college students experiencing sexual assault during their college career who wouldn’t be afraid? This remains especially true for young women between the ages of 18-24 (“The Realities of Sexual Assault”). While a woman’s freshman and sophomore year of college are when she is at a most risk for assault, it can happen at any time. According to Robin Gray in the article on sexual assault statistics, “between 20% and 25% of women will experience a completed and/or attempted rape during their college career,” (Gray). At Northwest Missouri State University for the 2016-2017 academic year there are 5,618 undergraduate students enrolled. With the ratio of male to female students being 44% to 56%, there are about 3,147 female students. In terms of the statistics estimated by Gray, 630-787 of the female student population at Northwest Missouri State will experience rape during their college career (“Northwest Missouri State University”). This is a disturbingly large figure. Women are not the only ones susceptible to these acts, but men are too. It is said about “10%” of all sexual assault cases involve male victims (“The Realities of Sexual Assault”). While this number is slightly lower for men it is often believed that male victims of sexual assault do not often report their crime due to the social stigma surrounding their assault. Men may feel
Sexual assault is defined as a type of behaviour that occurs without explicit consent from the recipient and under sexual assault come various categories such as sexual activities as forces sexual intercourse, incest, fondling, attempted rape and more (Justice.gov. 2017). People often become victims of sexual assault by someone they know and trust (Mason & Lodrick, 2013) which is conflicting to the public’s perception and beliefs that offenders are strangers. Women are the main victims for sexual assault and are 5 times more likely to have been a victim of sexual assault from a male (Wright, 2017, p. 93). Men are victims of sexual assault however only 0.7% of men, compared to 3.2% of women, experience some form of sexual assault which highlights how vulnerable women are compared to men. Sexual assault is publicised and exposed in the media, however is often
We all have the means and capability to make a change in this world for the better of sexual assault. Whether it be reporting the incident, the victim retelling his or her story to those who’ll listen, or forming groups against any mean of sexual assault. This would greatly help indeed, but take this into consideration; what will happen if such a thing were never to be done? That being the case, we would more than likely suffer in the long run for having much more campus attenders being violated and sexually assaulted. Especially for our known individuals who’re attending schools for semesters; we’re basically saying that we could care less about the wellbeing of our friends, family, and associates who are by themselves on campuses; that if they get sexually assaulted, it’ll be their own faults. In actuality, the fault will have been ours. We don’t want that, do
Sexual assault and rape on college campuses is a serious public issue. Before applying to these accredited institutions most students do not look up the school 's past records of sexual assault and rape on their campus.College campuses have failed to keep students safe the system they use has failed to protect and obtain justice for those that have been victims of sexual assault. Society plays a huge part in how young adults view sexual assault. From young age girls are told “if he’s bothering you it 's because he likes you”, and boys aren 't held accountable for their actions because “boys will be boys”. At what time does it stop being a game. At what age is it not acceptable for boys to mistreat girls, when is the line drawn and, what is the punishment for when this line is crossed.
According to a statement addressing the sexual victimization of college women The Crime and Victimization in America states that, “ One out of four women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus.” This disturbing fact has not minimized throughout the years, instead it is continuing to worsen throughout college campuses. Sexual assault is not an act to be taken lightly. Society must stop pinpointing the individuals who commit these crimes one by one, but rather look at the problem as a whole and begin to understand the main cause of sexual assault and possible methods to reduce these acts of sexual coercion.
She mentions how the victims choose to keep quiet about the incident, since they fear their attacker will harm them for reporting the incident. Adefolalu mentions, "Victims who feared reprisal attacks from perpetrators were five times more likely to delay presentation than those who were not. " My hypothesis is fear of their assault prevents an individual from reporting a sexual assault committed towards them. My null hypothesis is fear does not affect if an individual reports a sexual assault. My independent variable is fear of assault and my dependent variable is unreported sexual assault.
April is known as “Sexual Assault Awareness” month. Support groups and organizations across the country come together in the community to raise awareness to individuals on the statistics and how to react to victims. Sam Houston and its graduate students and faculty hosted a “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” awareness event in the hopes to bring the reality of the true struggles women endure to the volunteers of this event. Sam Houston’s goal of this event is to open the minds of the student population that sexual assault can happen to anyone; you may know someone that has been victimized. Events like this particular one create a safe environment where the community can raise the silent voices and share positive messages. The “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event where the men volunteers choose to wear women’s high heels and walk a designated mile course around Sam Houston’s campus and this paper is designed as a reflection on the insight gained from this attendance.
The Hunting Ground, directed by Kirby Dick, shows several examples of women in the United States being overjoyed at their acceptance into prestigious universities. Many American women also have a strong desire to join the military. Even though parents sending their daughters off think that they will have a great, safe experience, this is not always the case. Dirk’s documentary shows that many women on several prestigious college campuses, including but not limited to Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Southern California, the University of California, Berkeley, and Arizona State University are raped. The act is most commonly performed by men who take advantage of drunk women, although men often times have to resort to physical force to rape women. Rather than confront the problem of rape culture on college campuses, many colleges try to cover up the problems in order to not lose their prestige. The Hunting Ground shows that the few college women that do report having been raped, many administrators try to (partially) blame the incident on the victims and make excuses for the perpetrators. According to Dirk’s documentary, “more than 16 percent of college women are sexually assaulted while in college”. In the case of the military, women soldiers are vastly outnumbered by male military members and have difficulty keeping up with them. The Invisible War, also directed by Kirby Dick, shows that