Stereotypes Revealed In The Hunting Ground

The Hunting Ground brings into light a topic that has been taboo for centuries in our society. As it is established in the documentary, the universities, to keep their rape stats low, don’t take these allegations seriously and try to keep the women from reporting it to the police.

Both women and men who have been raped and assaulted talk about the circumstances where and when these offences took place. Most say that people who they have either met or someone who they consider a friend does these rapes and assaults. Also that they take the help of a lot of alcohol and roofies to keep the victims under control. The documentary also talks about how the perpetrator will try to create situations where they can get the victims isolated such as the girl who was raped by …show more content…
Throughout the whole documentary most rape and assault survivor has said that their treatment by the university administration after the fact was almost, if not worse than the assault. In almost every single case, when the survivors went to complain or repot the assault, the administrators took it upon themselves to victim blame them. It is seen that everyone is asked almost the same questions – “What were you wearing?” “ Were you drunk?” “Did you say no?” and “Why didn’t you fight back?”. Every single of these questions make the victims seem like they were the reason that the assault or rape occurred. Also they are highly pressured into keeping quiet and not reporting to the police because that may become public record, which will tarnish the institutes’ reputation. One of the administrators in the documentary said that it’s their job to firstly keep the institution from harm rather than the students. Another said that if they were to give the actual statistics about sexual offences on campus, parents would stop sending their children to university. Most survivors are