WIN a premium Shark Beauty styling bundle worth over €550
WIN a premium Shark Beauty styling bundle worth over €550

IMAGE

The IFTA Award winners are…
The IFTA Award winners are…

Sarah Finnan

The street style trends from CPHFW to try now
The street style trends from CPHFW to try now

Oyindamola Animashaun

How Copenhagen became the coolest week on the fashion calendar
How Copenhagen became the coolest week on the fashion calendar

Oyindamola Animashaun

Page Turners: ‘The Glass House’ author Rachel Donohue
Page Turners: ‘The Glass House’ author Rachel Donohue

Sarah Gill

The best Irish films of all time, according to the IMAGE staffers
The best Irish films of all time, according to the IMAGE staffers

Sarah Gill

A stylist’s guide to mixing vintage and modern fashion finds
A stylist’s guide to mixing vintage and modern fashion finds

Sarah Finnan

WIN a 9ct gold T-Bar pendant necklace from Gear Jewellers worth €250
WIN a 9ct gold T-Bar pendant necklace from Gear Jewellers worth €250

Edaein OConnell

Join our networking event: ‘Building a Business: The Real-Life Path to Success’ in Galway
Join our networking event: ‘Building a Business: The Real-Life Path to Success’ in Galway

IMAGE

Join our networking event: ‘Building a Business: The Real-Life Path to Success’ in Galway
Join our networking event: ‘Building a Business: The Real-Life Path to Success’ in Galway

IMAGE

Image / Editorial

Lady Gaga Releases Powerful Video Highlighting Sexual Assault


By Jennifer McShane
20th Sep 2015
Lady Gaga Releases Powerful Video Highlighting Sexual Assault

If any of the content in this article affects you, feel free to contact the?Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

For her latest project, songstress Lady Gaga?has’released a public-service music video about university campus sexual assault, to accompany a song for campus rape documentary The Hunting Ground.?The song, Til It Happens to You, was co-written by Lady Gaga and songwriter Diane Warren and is dedicated to survivors of sexual assault around the world. The video is powerful and makes for?extremely tough viewing, but it highlights an issue that must be continually talked about if it is to be stopped. The video notes that, in America, 1 in 5 female students will be assaulted on campus this coming year.?Some statistics estimate that a staggering 16-20% of American female students alone are victims of sexual assault.?Recently, we reported that there was a?30% increase in calls to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, which is an equally alarming figure. From speaking publicly about this issue,?figures such as Gaga and Oxford student Lone Wells are fighting to reduce the stigma that victims of rape endure.

?We hope u feel our love & solidarity through the song & perhaps find some peace in knowing u r not alone through this film,? Gaga wrote on Twitter. The singer also said that a portion of proceeds from the song will be donated to organisations working with survivors of rape and sexual assault. This isn’t the first time the singer has got behind this issue.?Earlier this year, Gaga – who has previously spoken publicly about being sexually assaulted at the age of 19 – joined a similar campaign to tackle sexual assault on university campuses in New York.

The video features scenes of sexual assaults on a university campus, as well as scenes depicting three female students as they come to terms with surviving the?assaults. Catherine Hardwicke (of Twilight and upcoming Miss You Already) directed the clip.

The video is below and contains graphic, disturbing content but is a difficult, yet necessary watch.