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The Purity myth / a Media Education Foundation production ; executive producer, Sut Jhally ; directed by Jeremy Earp ; written by Jessica Valenti & Jeremy Earp ; produced by Jeremy Earp, Scott Morris & Jason Young.

Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, ©2011.

1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color and black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

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The United States is obsessed with virginity from the media to schools to government agencies. The Purity Myth is an important and timely critique of about why this is so, and why it's problematic for girls and women. Analyzing cultural stereotypes and media messages, Jessica Valenti reveals the overt and hidden ways our society links a woman's worth to her sexuality rather than to values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. With intelligence and wit, this film exposes the legal and social punishments that women who dare to have sex endure, while presenting a powerful argument that evaluating girls and women on their sexuality needs to stop.

Valenti, Jessica. Purity myth : how America's obsession with virginity is hurting young women -- Film adaptations.

Chastity -- Social aspects -- United States.

Virginity -- Social aspects -- United States.

Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior -- United States.

Young women -- Sexual behavior -- United States.

Social control -- United States -- History.

Sex (Psychology)

Documentary films.

Film adaptations.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Feature films.

Jhally, Sut.

Earp, Jeremy.

Valenti, Jessica.

Morris, Scott.

Young, Jason T.

Valenti, Jessica. Purity myth.

Media Education Foundation.

Subtitle on container: Virginity Movement's War Against Women, featuring Jessica Valenti

Based on the book: The purity myth: how America's obsession with virginity is hurting young women / Jessica Valenti.

"This program contains sexual content that may be inappropriate for some audiences."--Credits.

Edited by Jason Young ; media research, Scott Morris ; camera, David Rabinovitz.

Narrator, Jessica Valenti.

DVD ; NTSC, all region ; Dolby Digital stereo ; aspect ratio 16:9.

In English with optional English subtitles.

Introduction -- Classroom chastity -- The ethics of passivity -- Forever young -- Legislating chastity.

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