The singer has released a music video for her song "'Til It Happens To You." The song and video depicts some of the types of sexual assault that takes place on college campuses across the nation. "Until it happens to you, you don't know how it feels," Gaga sings in the song.
Til It Happens To You" was created for the documentary "The Hunting Ground."
The documentary takes a look at sexual assault on college campuses. Newsweek referred to the film as "terrifyingly true."
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and is available on Itunes.
Recording "'Til It Happens To You" was especially emotional for Lady Gaga. The singer revealed in 2014 that she was raped when she was 19 years old, according to People.
The music video was released just days before the Sept. 21 release of The Association of American Universities report on campus sexual assault and sexual misconduct.
According to the report, about one in four women have been a victim of a sexual assault while on campus. The report's definition of sexual assault includes nonconsensual kissing, touching or groping, in addition to nonconsensual penetration involving force or incapacitation.
Responses from more than 150,000 students, including many in Pennsylvania, are included in the report.
University of Pittsburgh and University of Pennsylvania were among the 27 schools surveyed by the AAU.
The study found that 82 percent of survey respondents at the University of Pennsylvania did nothing when they saw someone going into a drunken sexual encounter.
Additionally, 12 percent of female undergraduate students experienced nonconsensual penetration involving force or incapacitation at the university. 10 percent of undergraduate women experienced this at the University of Pittsburgh.
The full reports for University of Pennsylvania and University of Pittsburgh are both available online.
In addition to releasing "'Till it Happens To You," Lady Gaga will appear on "American Horror Story: Hotel" when it airs on FX on October 7.
Earlier this year the singer became engaged to Lancaster native, actor Taylor Kinney.
Source:http://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/09/lady_gaga_campus_sexual_assaul.html
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