| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (60 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
For all of the achievements of the womens movement over the past four decades, misogyny remains a persistent force in American culture. In this important new documentary, Thomas Keith, Professor of Philosophy at California State University-Long Beach, looks specifically at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and hateful attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the very heart of our popular culture. The film tracks the destructive dynamics of misogyny across a broad and disturbing range of media phenomena: from the hyper-sexualization of commercial products aimed at girls, to the explosion of gender violence in video games aimed at boys; from the near-hysterical sexist rants of hip-hop artists and talk radio shock jocks, to the continually harsh, patronizing caricature of feminism found in virtually every area of American pop culture. Along the way, Generation M forces us to confront the dangerous real-life consequences of misogyny in all of its forms - making a compelling case that when we devalue more than half the population based on gender, we harm boys and men as well as women and girls |
| Notes |
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2008 |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Michael Enriquez, Jonathan Bennett ; editing, Tom Keith, Michael Enriquez, Jonathan Bennett |
| Performer |
With Thomas Keith ; interviewees: Byron Hurt, Jackson Katz, Jean Kilbourne, Kimberly Salter, Nancy Gruver, Tessa Jolls, J.W. Wiley, Alvin Poussaint |
| Audience |
Grade 9+ |
| Notes |
Closed-captioning in English |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Flash Player |
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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Kanopy platform, viewed June 18, 2019) |
| In |
Media Education Foundation Collection |
| Subject |
Femininity in popular culture -- United States
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Feminism.
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Girls in popular culture -- United States
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Masculinity in popular culture -- United States
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Misogyny -- United States
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Sexism in mass media.
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Sexism -- United States
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Women in mass media.
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Women in popular culture -- United States
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Women's studies.
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feminism.
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women's studies.
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Femininity in popular culture.
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Feminism.
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Girls in popular culture.
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Masculinity in popular culture.
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Misogyny.
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Sexism.
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Sexism in mass media.
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Women in mass media.
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Women in popular culture.
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Women's studies.
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United States.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Keith, Thomas, 1958- film producer, film director, screenwriter, presenter, editor of moving image work
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Bennett, Jonathan, editor of moving image work, director of photography
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Enriquez, Michael, editor of moving image work, director of photography
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Gruver, Nancy, interviewee
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Hurt, Byron, 1970- interviewee
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Jolls, Tessa, interviewee
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Katz, Jackson, interviewee
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Kilbourne, Jean, interviewee
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Poussaint, Alvin F., interviewee
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Salter, Kimberly, interviewee
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Wiley, J.W., interviewee
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Vox Populi Productions, production company
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Kanopy (Firm), distributor
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Media Education Foundation
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