This is a good non-fiction advocacy film; the summaries of the predominant visual culture are adept; there is awful lot of stereotyping of males, especially negatively, as well as a projection of a view of women that the producers and the…
Nov 07, 2017nordicleather rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A true reflection of the crap women have to put up with from the media. Re: Unattainable standards of beauty, Suzy homemaker, etc. A production from Oprah at her usual high standard. Depending on your opinion on the status of women, you…
Apr 19, 2015Chapel_Hill_KenMc rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Difficult as it may be to accept, nearly fifty years after the start of the modern women's movement, the media still bombards us with highly constricted and stereotyped images of women. It's still all about men = power, women = sex. A…
Apr 18, 2015angel_heart rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Most of the women in power they showed as representatives of women were corrupt and evil politically. However a good documentary to show kids who are growing up with parents who encourage sexuality.
Loved it!!! It didn't show or teach me anything I didn't already know, but it put it all together in one movie which will be great to watch with my son and daughter!
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kevfarley
Oct 24, 2013kevfarley rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Defines a problem, but without much real insight nor solution. "Aren't male values awful",.. rather than the raw truth that "sex SELLS" ...and what that portends in our consumer society. And the idea that more women CEOs on the Boards of…
A middle-age father of a 20-something daughter this film
stoked a feminist fire I'd near
lost hope of for her. Decades
of sampling from a collection
incl. works from 'second Sex'
'Sexual Politics',& 'Our Blood'
thru 'Backlash'…
Too much name dropping at the beginning of the documentary (Oprah, Rosie, some B-list actress, etc).
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LaughingOne
Jan 21, 2013LaughingOne rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I grew up with the second wave of feminism; there was nothing new for me in this film. It was unrelenting in the displays of all that is negative about media cover of women. I am less interested in looking at all the bad stuff. I am more…
Nov 22, 2012Everythingisinteresting rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I liked their ideas for what we can do about it. There are many (porn, violence, sexy) images of women and quotes made by men about women that are flashed through the whole movie. The interviews are great. I took notes (can not show…
This documentary is a great watch. Powerful, upsetting, and uplifting all at the same time. I hope the theme and this kind of media trend continues for women.
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