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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Explores how society's current belief that girls must be thin, intelligent, independent, attractive, and athletic is causing teenage girls to suffer from enormous amounts of stress and feelings of inadequacy, which in turn leads to a less productive, more self-conscious generation.
Author
Publisher
BasicBooks
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Discusses the impact teenagers have had on American culture since after World War II, when the term was coined, and shows how teenagers have reshaped our language, music, and clothes, and changed forever the way we respond to authority.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In girls' own voices, What a girl wants presents a glimpse into the powerful - and often destructive - influence commercial culture has on the formation of young girls' identities. A diverse group of eleven girls speaks honestly and openly about the sexual and body-image pressures they encounter as they come of age in a culture that idolized Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, and other pop stars.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With a fearless look at a highly charged subject, Straightlaced unearths how pressures around gender and sexuality are confining American teens. These stories reflect a diversity of experiences, demonstrating how gender role expectations and homophobia are interwoven, and illustrating the different ways these expectations connect with culture, race and class. From girls confronting media messages about body image to boys who are sexually active just...
8) Boys To Men?
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this moving follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Hoop Dreams, award-winning filmmaker Frederick Marx continues his exploration of the lives of ordinary young men and the extraordinary challenges they face. Boys to Men? - the second in a proposed trilogy about masculinity in America - trains its focus on the pressures and expectations faced by a diverse group of young urban males. This program consists of four films. Are You Listening? features...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This compelling new documentary focuses on the sexual dilemmas and difficult life choices young girls face as they come of age in contemporary American culture. Challenging long-held myths about girlhood, the film draws on the insights of girls themselves to explore and shed light on their actual lived experience as they navigate our increasingly hyper-sexualized society. The voices of a diverse range of girls are supplemented with accessible analysis...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This video explores the forces influencing young people's decisions about sex: media, friends, family, religion, love, AIDS, alcohol, and homophobia. Teen Sexuality in a Culture of Confusion is a unique, accessible tool for facilitating an informed, balanced discussion about these and other influences on young people. In the age of AIDS, such talk can save lives. When young people tell their own stories, their peers listen. In this program, award-winning...
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