The Purity Myth: The Virginity Movement's War against Women
- Year
- 2011
- Description
- Feminist Jessica Valenti presents material from her book documenting the failure of abstinence-only sex education in preventing teen pregnancies and outlines the links between support of abstinence and so-called purity movements and opposition to feminism and reproductive rights in U.S. conservative politics.
- Director
- Earp, Jeremy
- Writer
- Earp, Jeremy; Valenti, Jessica
- Producer
- Earp, Jeremy; Morris, Scott; Young, Jason
- Editor
- Young, Jason
- Production Team
- Media Education Foundation
- Genre
- Documentary
- Source
- Based on the book The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (46 min.) or 1 streaming video (46 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Updated
- 04-12-2022
Production Information
Film InformationReviews
Booklist Online, Mar. 1, 2012Educational Media Reviews Online, Apr. 5, 2012
Films for the Feminist Classroom 5.2 (2014)
Video Librarian, May–June 2012, 62