The Invisible War: Documentary Analysis
In the second half of our SOC 110 class, we watched several videos: a documentary which discussed the topic of gender representation in the media, a few music videos that showed the gender inequality, and an HBO real sports video. The most impressive and thought-provoking piece for me is the investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military, the Invisible War. This documentary not only brought me to a new area that I barely knew before but also highlighted issues of inequality along gender lines.
The Invisible War features interviews with veterans from multiple branches of the United States Armed Forces who brought up all the events surrounding their assaults. It is very much like the Hunting Ground we watched the first half of the class. Both of them contain heavy topics, but they reveal parts of the reality that we barely think about and help us raise our consciousness on those issues.
Sometimes the justice system is male-beneficial, the military is one of those cases. "There are three ways of doing things: the right way, the wrong way, and the military way". What's being said at the beginning of the documentary really shocked me, and this laid the …show more content…
"Maybe her life will be better than mine", She said. The power of life is rather impressive. At the same time, I feel bad thinking about there so many lives being destroyed by the sexual assault in the army.
This documentary is quite powerful, and it's rather sad to know that there are so many people having a passion for serving the country ended up being destroyed by what happened to them during their serve in the army. The fact that the number of women who got PTSD after being sexually assault in the military is twice the number of men who got PTSD after the battle really shocked me. And I think that's why the name of this documentary is "Invisible
The Invisible War features interviews with veterans from multiple branches of the United States Armed Forces who brought up all the events surrounding their assaults. It is very much like the Hunting Ground we watched the first half of the class. Both of them contain heavy topics, but they reveal parts of the reality that we barely think about and help us raise our consciousness on those issues.
Sometimes the justice system is male-beneficial, the military is one of those cases. "There are three ways of doing things: the right way, the wrong way, and the military way". What's being said at the beginning of the documentary really shocked me, and this laid the …show more content…
"Maybe her life will be better than mine", She said. The power of life is rather impressive. At the same time, I feel bad thinking about there so many lives being destroyed by the sexual assault in the army.
This documentary is quite powerful, and it's rather sad to know that there are so many people having a passion for serving the country ended up being destroyed by what happened to them during their serve in the army. The fact that the number of women who got PTSD after being sexually assault in the military is twice the number of men who got PTSD after the battle really shocked me. And I think that's why the name of this documentary is "Invisible