The Hunting Ground

1. There wasn’t really a specific scene or part that got to me but the whole documentary in general. With all of the rape victims telling their emotional story of how it happened made me more angry than sad. To even think that those people could do such a thing to those girls makes me outraged. They don’t understand that traumatic things like that can affect a person so bad. For example, the guy who committed suicide after he was sexually assaulted. For guys it’s even worse because being raped is a “crime against girls”, so guys tend to not talk about it or admit it. My heart hurt for each victim shown, and the fact that the schools try to cover it up make it even worse.

2. What surprised me was when one of the victims, Annie Clark, said that she told her administrator that she had been violently raped and instead of being concerned or trying to get help, she blamed it on her and asked her questions like "were you drunk", "what would you do differently", like it was her fault, when clearly it was not

The victims stated that the administrators were telling them that they shouldn't drink or go out wearing mini skirts and that it's their fault. They would ask them “did you say no”, “how did you say it”, “what were you wearing”.

What surprised me the most was the statistics they took about how many sexual assaults had been reported and how many actually received consequences. For example, at the University of California, there were 78 reported sexual assaults, but only 3 expulsions. At Harvard University, there were 135 reported sexual assaults and only 10 expulsions. At Stanford University there were 259 reported sexual assaults and only 1 expulsion. At the University of North Carolina, there were 136 reported sexual assaults, and not one expulsion was given. This to me is completely unacceptable. 

3. Questions that I have are why did these men decide to sexually assault these women? What was their purpose? Why didn’t any of the schools do anything about it when it is literally a federal crime? Saying that these men had a lot going for them doesn't change the fact that they sexually assaulted these women WHILE IN COLLEGE. Most of them were not even given ANY consequences. 

After watching this film, it made me feel very uneasy to think that these high-end, well-known schools treated these girls like that, just to keep their title. No one should ever have to see the person who basically scarred them forever walk free. 

Concepts that I would do some research on is what schools have had multiple reported sexual assaults, the statistics and ratios of reported sexual assaults vs.expulsions, and how to avoid allowing these men to get away with such actions