I saw some comments that Hannah's suicide was a fuss, caused by excessive thinking of adolescent girls. In fact, the bullying Hannah faced was much more severe than what she described on the tape. What she faced was the "slut humiliation" that adult women could not bear, not only in words and actions, but also in A complete denial of a woman morally. Even actress Goo Hara, when she was threatened with nude photos by her ex-boyfriend, all she could do was kneel and kowtow, and eventually commit suicide. As far as Hannah is concerned, adults can still choose to walk away, but Hannah, as a minor, has no ability to avoid such social circles and social rules, and can only end all rumors by suicide.
It can be seen that the origin of Hannah's establishment as a "slut" is very simple, that is, when she was dating a basketball captain, she was photographed in a short skirt sliding down a slide. In fact, apart from kissing, Hannah didn't have any more stories with the basketball captain, but this blurry photo is enough to ignite the imagination of such a group of children with high hormones and nowhere to vent. Taking this photo as a starting point, Hannah, who was not the focus of attention, made it to the "sexy ranking" list compiled by the boys, and gradually lost friends, even normal social life. In the process, Hannah was not without struggle and resistance. She refuted the list in person, tried to make new friends, and even tried to start a new love life.
But Hannah found that when she was thrown out of the unspoken orbit of high school students, she never had the chance to socialize with normal people or people who didn't hold her ill will. Simply put, once the group establishes the target of Hannah, the "slut", Hannah's social interactions (except Clay and Tony) are all aggressive, and everyone can attack her without paying the price Leave, but Hannah loses the right to defend herself and even protect herself.
Not to mention that boys such as the president of the black student council, basketball star Zach and the like directly try Hannah as a sex toy that is readily available. In their opinion, Hannah does not even have the right to refuse. After Hannah is finally raped by Bryce, even girls like Courtney try to justify the rapist. Therefore, when Hannah's "slut" image continues to ferment in the small closed society of high school until it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even if they are both girls, they will gradually agree with and even criticize Hannah, even if they are more open than Hannah in terms of sex. Jessica, for example, would immediately suspect Hannah of seducing her boyfriend, instead of thinking that Hannah was framed; Courtney even used Hannah's "slut" image to cover up the fact that she was a lesbian. Because of Hannah's "slut" image, anyone can judge Hannah on the moral high ground, but Hannah can no longer refute. The silence from the black psychological counselor and the principal is the biggest accomplice in pushing Hannah into this endless cycle.
The reason why this story is told so well is because Hannah is very similar to ordinary and honest girls. She is a little beautiful but not so conspicuous, cheerful but sensitive. She used to have good grades and wants to try to get into a good university. Many girls are attracted to the athletes in the school, the few things that are out of the ordinary are going to parties and dating the boys they like by the slide at night. But just because of one photo, she fell into the abyss of slut trial and couldn't get up again. The majority of boys, girls and teachers who have helped in this process regard this as a pain in the growth of adolescence, and those who cannot bear this kind of slut trial are the weak who should be eliminated. The strength of the male protagonist Clay is not only that he dares to speak up for a dead weak, but also that he has the courage to challenge the unspoken rules in this closed high school society. The point of this show is that we don't want more Hannah being sacrificed in slut trials, we need more people like Clay who dare to speak up for the weak.
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