Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up (2009)
• July 12th, 2009 • 1h 7min
Documentary
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.
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