The Purity myth : the virginity movement's war against women / 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.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014. |
| Description | 1 online resource (1 video file, 45 min.) |
| Supplemental Content | A Kanopy streaming video |
| Supplemental Content | Cover Image |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Earp, Jeremy. |
| Other author/creator | Jhally, Sut. |
| Other author/creator | Morris, Scott. |
| Other author/creator | Rabinovitz, David. |
| Other author/creator | Valenti, Jessica. |
| Other author/creator | Young, Jason. |
| Other author/creator | Kanopy (Firm) |
| Portion of title | Virginity movement's war against women |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2011. |
| Spec. audience char. | Higher education. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Terms of use | Public performance rights included in purchase. |
| In | Media Education Foundation Collection |
| Genre/form | Documentary films. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Publisher number | 1067169 Kanopy |