| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, 45 min.) : sound, color |
| Contents |
Introduction (8:49) -- Classroom chastity (7:24) -- The ethics of passivity (9:34) -- Forever young (7:18) -- Legislating chastity (11:14) |
| Summary |
In this video adaptation of her bestselling book, pioneering feminist blogger Jessica Valenti trains her sights on "the virginity movement" -- an unholy alliance of evangelical Christians, right-wing politicians, and conservative policy intellectuals who have been exploiting irrational fears about women's sexuality to roll back women's rights. From dad-and-daughter "purity balls," taxpayer-funded abstinence-only curricula, and political attacks on Planned Parenthood, to recent attempts by legislators to de-fund women's reproductive health care and narrow the legal definition of rape, Valenti identifies a single, unifying assumption: the myth that the worth of a woman depends on what she does -- or does not do -- sexually. In the end, Valenti argues that the health and well-being of women are too important to be left to ideologues bent on vilifying feminism and undermining women's autonomy |
| Credits |
Edited by Jason Young ; media research, Scott Morris ; camera, David Rabinovitz |
| Performer |
Narrator, Jessica Valenti |
| Event |
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2011 |
| Audience |
Higher education |
| Notes |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Flash Player |
| In |
Media Education Foundation Collection |
| Subject |
Chastity -- Social aspects -- United States
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Sex (Psychology)
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Social control -- United States -- History
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Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior -- United States
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Virginity -- Social aspects -- United States
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Young women -- Sexual behavior -- United States
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Sex (Psychology)
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Social control
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Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior
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Young women -- Sexual behavior
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Feature films
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History
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Nonfiction films
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Earp, Jeremy, screenwriter, producer.
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Jhally, Sut, producer.
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Morris, Scott, producer.
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Rabinovitz, David.
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Valenti, Jessica, narrator, screenwriter.
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Young, Jason T., producer, film editor.
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Media Education Foundation.
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