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Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-07-12
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Time: 1h 7m
If you are a teenager, care about a teenager, or even were a teenager, you must see this film
Overview:
A powerful documentary about the lives of teens and young adults as seen through the gender lens. Approaching society's ideas and ideals of gender through clothes, sexuality, sports, dance, safety, consumerism and emotion, the film addresses the complexities of conceptions of masculinity and femininity for Generation Z.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up
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A powerful documentary about the lives of teens and young adults as seen through the gender lens. Approaching society's ideas and ideals of gender through clothes, sexuality, sports, dance, safety, consumerism and emotion, the film addresses the complexities of conceptions of masculinity and femininity for Generation Z.
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2009-07-12
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If you are a teenager, care about a teenager, or even were a teenager, you must see this film
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