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PHD VERIFIED |
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APA |
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For those obvious reasons, colleges often ignore and discourage victims from reporting their assaults to sustain the money that fraternities bring in from alumni. On the other hand, many young women, who were sexually assaulted at a fraternity party, usually said nothing. Because it would take tremendous courage if they attempt to report the incidences. If so, they are not just having conflicts with the perpetrators, but also coming up against the brotherhood of other fraternity members, who are systematically protected by their powerful constituencies and financial considerations.
A very high proportion of women are sexually assaulted at the fraternities suggest that if alcohol is pulled out of fraternity houses, rape crimes could be dramatically reduced. Besides getting rid of alcohol consumption, schools could also expect lower assault rates if college parties are held at more public locations and without gender inequality in those party scenes.
Otherwise, it would be another rape at the fraternity house and college campus, as another survivor said “lack of change [on campus] affects students more than our rape[s]”.Part II (3 Points): What are the short-and long-term impacts for women who experience sexual violence while in college? These impacts include long-term psychological and emotional distress, completion of education, and impacts on career choices, to name only a few. Your task this week is to make one connection to BOTH Chapters 9 AND 15 (Gender and Education) to the film.
Be specific and provide examples.According to The Hunting Ground, sexual assault survivors not only experience guilt and shame, but also develop other symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which might put them in higher risk of substance abuse and suicide, like in case of Lizzy Seeberg, a freshman at St. Mary’s College. Young women in the film also describe nightmares, panic attacks and self-harm as their tangible trauma after the assaults. They often isolate themselves or avoid some places that may remind the incidence.
Many female students who experience sexual assault during their years on campus lose the scholarships and drop out of college, while very few become young activists, who choose to speak out the issues and work to stop sexual violence on campus, like Andrea Pino and Annie Clark. Similarly, some female students have turned their personal tragedy into positive action and become the university administrators.Both the film and Eitzen’s text mention a type of crime, rape crimes in American college campuses.
According to the film’s sources and statistics, 1 in 5 college women would be sexually assaulted during their time on campus, adding up to an estimated 100,000 assaults for the upcoming year; but 88 percent of rapes go unreported; while 90 percent of reported assaults are acquaintance rapes, and student athletes commit nearly 1 out of every 5 assaults. However, in an attempt to protect the school brand, reputations and fundraising abilities, colleges and universities often restrain or ignore instances of sexual violence to keep the campus crime statistics low as much as possible.
Both the film and Eitzen’s text also touch on the matter of sexual assault and gender inequality. As seen in the film, young women are more likely to be a victim of sexual assaults, given that they experience sexual violence on campus at disproportionately higher rates. Compared to men, women have more risks of perpetration and victimization within the college social scene, such as the fraternity houses. Women also face more disadvantages caused by the social norms that support rape culture, victim-blaming attitudes and the broader excusing of violence for young men, those are often known as student-athletes and fraternity members.
Lacking of support from the school administrators to those survivors often results in Title IX violation, a federal civil rights law that prohibits gender-based discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual violence, in education. The schools’ failures to acknowledge and respond to sexual violence also create a hostile learning environment for many female students. Therefore, colleges and universities could only expect lower assault rates if education are inclusive of perspectives of all genders involved, as well as context and situation, instead of unfair avoidance policies to (female) survivors and support systems to (male) perpetrators. According to Eitzen and Zinn (2017), “a fundamental tenet of U.S. society is that each individual, regardless of sex, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, and social class, has the opportunity to be equal on her or his own merits”
Many of the victims were treated like it was their fault that they were sexually assaulted. There were many stories from the victims told in the film. Annie reported the rape and was told that rape is like a football game. She was asked what she could have done differently that night rather than get the support she needed for being raped. Crystal was constantly asked about her apparel and whether she was drinking before being sexually assaulted.
The institutions would put themselves at a bigger importance than the students which would make it hard for students to have their voices heard in order to keep the school as a “safe” space. Instead of protecting the students who had been assaulted, Harvard would blame the victims and try to keep them from spreading the news to the entire, which would force Harvard to admit the girls were raped and forcibly remove the student who assaulted them. After being raped, many of the victims no longer felt safe around the campus and had constant fear that they would once again see their assailant. Many became depressed and suicidal, constantly playing the incident in their heads, over and over again. Grades were dropped significantly, and school was no longer the main focus.2)
Athletes are more likely to perpetuate these crimes than non-athletes because of the social status they earn depending on how good they are on the field. Many of the athletes, especially football players, become these celebrities at such a young age. Millions of people watch them across the US and become fans of these players. They are no longer just another student walking around campus trying to get to class.
Instead, they are identified by everyone and get this sense of idea that they are greater than everyone around them. This mentality allows them to think they are invincible to be at fault and that they can get away with anything, including rape. As one of the experts in the film said, “sports teams are business.” This shows that star athletes are now key parts of earning money for the school, and when big money is being made, the institution will do a lot to hide that athlete’s past and present mistakes. For example, Jameis Winston had raped a girl, but went on to become the number one quarterback in college football, so when the victim had spoken up about the assault, no one did anything to punish Winston.3) Fraternities were the only places where the women could get drunk and party, overall having a fun time. But since these parties were only held at frats, the boys would decide what would go into the drinks and how much they served was all controlled by them. This would lead to the problem where the girls would get drunk quickly and get taken advantage of, commonly leading to sexual assault. Alcohol is always a very important part of the frat life and yet the underage students are rarely held accountable for providing and consuming alcohol illegally. The “brothers” would congratulate each other on how far they were able to get with their victims and were rewarded with what they could do.
Colleges and universities are not able to disconnect and remove the students from these fraternities because it is a huge financial income that the institutions will have to rely on. For example, as shown in the film, one out of eight students live in Greek housing, which allows the school to avoid being responsible for their actions and does not require them to constantly supervise the fraternities, essentially saving money. Freshman were constantly warned by other students about the bad fraternities, including SAE, which was nicknamed Sexual Assault Expected by many students.4)
One connection I was able to make between chapter 9 of the text and the film was that sexual harassment is something that occurs to women both inside and outside/after the college experience. In the film, we are shown that girls are constantly violated and raped by males, yet they receive barely any punishment, at most a slap on the wrist. In the text, we are told that “it is important to recognize that outright discrimination can be found in the workplace. For example, sexual harassment affects women in all types of job. Sexual harassment can include unwanted leers, comments, suggestions, or physical contact of a sexual nature as well as unwelcome requests for sexual favors…it is a way for male workers to dominate and control women who should be their equals” (Eitzen 9.4.4).
I was also able to make a connection between chapter 15 of the text and the film because they both taught the audience that schools are able to control everything that comes out of the school and allowing them to keep their favorable image. In the film, we see that many of the schools earn their money from fundraisers, and if the news broke out to everyone about the reports of sexual assault, they would no longer earn the large fundraiser money. In the text, we are told that “Although the state and federal governments finance and control education in part, the bulk of the money and control for education comes from local communities. Local school boards jealously guard their autonomy. Because, as is commonly argued, local people know best the special needs of their children, local boards control allocation of monies, curricular content, and the rules for running the schools, as well as the hiring and firing of personnel” (Eitzen 15.1.5).
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