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THE HUNTING GROUND

THE INSIDE STORY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ON AMERICAN COLLEGE CAMPUSES

KIRBY DICK AND AMY ZIERING

EDITED BY CONSTANCE MATTHIESSEN

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Cover design by Brian Peterson Cover photo credit Richard Davis

ISBN: 978-1-5107-0574-6 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-0578-4

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Contents

Introduction by Constance Matthiessen v

1. Voices of Survivors: Four Stories of Sexual Assault 1

2. Sexual Assault in a Football Town by Amy Herdy 10

3. The Woman Who Stood Up to Harvard Law by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering 31

4. Fraternities and Sexual Assault 43 Interview with Caitlin Flanagan on Greek Culture 45 Interview with Doug Fierberg on the Power of Fraternities 55 Before the Frat Party 67

5. Contributing Essays 76 Not the Perfect Victim by Kamilah Willingham 77 Dispatch from Hunted Ground by Roxane Gay 82 Watching While Male by Andrew O'Hehir 86 School of Trauma by D. Watkins 90 Sexual Assault and the Media by Christina Asquith 94 Sports on Trial by Jessica Luther 99 Faculty and the Campus Anti-Rape Movement by Alissa R. Ackerman and Caroline Feldman 104 Familiar Territory by Erin Ryan 110 The Ambitious Storytelling of The Hunting Ground by Wendy Levy 113

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Target Rape on Campus by Diane Rosenfeld 117 Facing Each Other by Lisa C. Knisely 124 6. A Conversation with the Filmmakers 128 7. The Numbers Don't Lie: The Statistics of Sexual Assault in College by Kirby Dick 141 8. How to Get Involved 146 Film Information 149 Sources160

Introduction

by Constance Matthiessen

T he Hunting Ground, the powerful documentary by filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, begins with exuberant video clips of high school seniors learning that they've been accepted by their top-choice colleges. As "Pomp and Circumstance" surges in the background, one girl's face goes from dread to stunned joy, another dissolves in tears, a third screams and leaps to her feet, joining her family in a giddy dance around the dining room.

It's a dream most parents cherish: sending their child to college. The dream features erudite professors, inspiring classes, and friendships to last a lifetime--all set against a backdrop of stately buildings and quads shaded by graceful trees.

On its face, Annie Clark's experience at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is one every parent would wish for their child. "I really had a good time there," she recalls early in the film. "I learned a lot. I loved my professors. The first few weeks I made some of my best friends, and we're still really close to this day."

Clark, an athlete and North Carolina native, has a round, open face and a 1,000-watt smile. But her smile fades and her face tightens as she finishes, almost matter-of-factly, "But two of us were sexually assaulted before classes even started."

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