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12/2/15

THE HUNTING GROUND


DOCUMENTARY NOTES
A. Beginning
i.

Movie starts will home videos of college students being accepted to


college
1. Women: Nervous, blood drained faces to jumping, screaming,
crying, laughing

ii.

Welcome to College!
1. Opening speeches by alumni and senior students
a. Chanting words of support, promises of guidance,
acknowledgment of potential and knowledge, rely on us
b.

Let us, the faculty, know what we can do to help you


reach that goal

c. We will be there to advise you, to support you, to guide


you, to point you to vast resources and opportunities, on
your way.
B. Victims
i.

Andrea Pino
1. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
a. Interested in law, countrys history
2. Sexual Assault
a. Dancing with a guy, raped as a virgin in bathroom
b. Rape was something nobody talked about
c. Did not want to admit it happened

ii.

Annie Clark
1. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
a. School
i.
ii.
iii.

Athletic, did lots of sports


Straight A student
Loved classes and professors

2. Sexual Assault
a. Dancing, brought outside, raped
b. Ignored it. Didnt talk about it.
i.

Looked at google with a friend to fi nd how to report


rapings

c. Reported to school administrator was violently raped


expecting to find support and resources admin reply
i.

ii.

Rape is like a football game Annie, and if you look


back on the game what would you do diff erently in
that situation
Followed with questions after Annie denied that
comparison Were you drunk, What could you
have done diff erently?

3. Victim Blaming/Shaming
a. Multiple women imitating question they were asked-target to their clothes, drinking, if they said no, how did
they say no, how many times?
b. Expecting action, action taken against victims
i.

Ryan Cliff ord, University of Cali,


1. After I was sexually assaulted, they said, I should just
drop out until everything blows over.

c. Excuses--perpetrators were going through hard time, did


it out of love
C. Form Administrators, Professors, etc.
i.

Clare Bond Potter, Former Associate Professor, Wesleyan University


a. Administrators Theyre first job is to protect the
institution from harm, not the student.

D. Facts
i.

More than 16 percent of college women are sexually assaulted


while in college
1. Underneath listed eight sources
a. 2000 to 2015

ii.

88 percent of women sexually assaulted on campus do not report.


1. Fisher, Cullen, Tuner (2000)
2. Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation (2015

iii.

In 2015, 45% if colleges reported zero sexual assaults


1. Washington Post (2014)

iv.

Reports and Expulsions


1. Harvard 2009-2013
a. 135 Reported Assaults, 10 Reported Suspensions
2. Berkeley 2008-2013
a. 78 Reported Sexual Assaults, 3 Expulsions
3. Stanford University 1996-2013
a. 259 Reported Sexual Assaults, 1 Expulsions

4. University of Virginia 1998-2013


a. 205 Reported Sexual Assaults, 0 Expulsions
v.

Less than 8% of men in college commit more than 90% of sexual


assaults
a. David Lisak Ph. D. and Paul M. Millar (2002)
b. Few men who are repeating sexual assault over and over,
core of problem
c. Repeat offenders commit an average of six or more acts
of sexual assault
i.

vi.

David Lisak Ph. D. and Paul M. Millar (2002)

Pino and Clark do research for months after picture campaign


refusal from campuses to change
1. Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972
a. No person in he United States shall, on the basis of sex,
be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of,
or be subject to discrimination under any education
program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
i.
ii.

Perpetrators found guilty and not expelled, school


found at fault of Title IX
Made case singlehandedly together

vii.

2-8% of rape claims are falsewhich leaves the 90%--many of


which which are taken as rape claims

viii.

My rape was bad but the way I was treated was worsebasic
message from survivors Pino and Clark received after page in New
York Times went public

E. Perpetrator
i.

Spoke up, face blurred, did interview to help someone else out
1. Parties
a. Nave, young, drinking, vulnerable

F. MEN
i.

Men are sexually assaulted, and typically is perpetrated by other


men

ii.

Male Survivors
1. Challenges many beliefs they have about themselves
expressed by male victims
a. Cant become vulnerable
b. Why didnt you fight them off
c. Men have to be strong, and men wouldnt let this happen
to them

i.

Men feel less comfortable coming forward with their


story

G. Threats
i.

Pino and Clark who spoke up received death threats, rape threats
and more
1. Breaking and Entering plus vandalism to dorm room
2. Bang bang bitch, die Face to face encounter
3. Internet trolls

H. Frats
i.

Frat Behavior
1. Frats name themselves Date Rape Frat, The Roofie Frat
2. Sexual assault rewarded by brothers
3. Sororities cannot have alcoholif they want to party, have to
rely on Fraternities
4. No means yes!, Yes means ana!l, LOUDER!

ii.

Go to Party at SAE: Sexual Assault Expected

iii.

Colleges protect Frats by ignoring sexual assault claims due to


fraternity alumni donations
1. 2013, nearly 60% of donations of more than 100 million dollars
made to universities came from fraternity alumni

I.

Athletes
i.

18-22-year-old kids are wrapped around in fame and money


renown and worshipped.
1. Less than 4% of college men are student athletes. The commit
19% or more of reported college sexual assaults

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