The hunting ground
The students made a stand about being sexually assaulted
Thesis
The director of the Hunting Ground wanted students to take a stand about the lack of consequences on sexual assault. The documentary achieve this purpose by using personal interviews, pathos, and statistics
personal interview
College girls all over the US explain there college rape stories and how the school Is doing nothing about the sexual assault. The one committing the sexual assault is a big star at the colleges. They don't want to suspend there star athletes from playing so they just ignore what happened and play the victim. The counselors at the colleges are blaming the victims. There telling the girls that there clothes weren't appropriate and that they were too drunk that its there fault. When that didn't even happen the boys would manipulate them into there dorm but since there star athletes its the girls fault and nothing will be done about the sexual assault.
pathos
- It made me sad when the girls parents talked about there kid getting assaulted. There trusting the college with there daughters safety and the college is doing nothing about there assault. These girls are dropping out of school and some even committed suicide and as a parent its sad to watch your kid go threw that.
- In the beginning of the documentary the kids finally got there excepted letters. They have been waiting all year and this determines the rest of there life! the kids were jumping up and down with excitement.
- When the girls where explaining there stories sad music was playing in the background. This sets the tone for the audience. There stories are sad and you feel bad for the girls, the music goes along with that.
statistics
- more than 16% of college women are sexually assaulted while in college.
- out of 155 rape reports 3 people got expelled
- 88% of women on campus do not report sexual assault
conclusion
The documentary the Hunting Ground informed me on how rape is a big issue on college campuses. Since watching this documentary when I go to college I wont be so trusting of the guys there, you never know what's going to happen to you. Its sad that it had to come to some girls committing suicide due to a rape that a college did nothing about. As girls we need to stick together.