Ethan Hawker and Nick's response to Lady Gaga video and Hunting Ground

Lady Gaga's video was empowering and didn't hold anything back. Also the video was exposing and meaningful. The overall message of the song was nobody knows how sexual assault feels, unless they are to experience it themselves. Ending sexual assault on college campuses starts with the awareness and the acknowledgment of it. As seen in the Hunting Grounds documentary, the acknowledgement of campus rape by school officials is poor and there are minimal charges even if the accused rapist is prosecuted. In Lady Gaga's video specifically, the victims are seen with writing on their bodies. Things like, "I am worthless," many people may be asking why, but that is the whole point of the video, that you won't know until it happens to you. The Hunting Ground connects directly with her song because these incoming freshman were overjoyed about college, but the experience became a nightmare when they became the victims of sexual assault. They had nobody to turn to because even the school administrators didn't back them, and telling their parents was something they couldn't even imagine doing at first. Overall, Lady Gaga's music video should be wider spread for the awareness of sexual assault.