| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, 36 min.) : digital, stereophonic, sound, color |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Event |
Originally produced by National Film Board of Canada in 2007. |
| Summary |
Are children being pushed prematurely into adulthood? Sophie Bissonnette's documentary Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticize the unhealthy culture surrounding our children, where marketing and advertising are targeting younger and younger audiences and bombarding them with sexual and sexist images. These stereotypes treat girls of all ages as sexual objects, and exercise a damaging effect on their identities. Because they see degrading images of sexuality on the Internet, some children confuse sexual relations with pornography. Sexy Inc. suggests various ways of countering hypersexualization and the eroticization of childhood and invites us to rally against this worrying phenomenon. |
| Original Version |
Originally produced aMontreal, Quebec, National Film Board of Canada, c2007. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Children -- Sexualization.
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Sexual and racial stereotypes in the media.
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Identity (Philosophical concept)
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| Genre/Form |
Short films.
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| Added Author |
Bissonnette, Sophie, 1956- film director.
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Bergeron, Patricia, producer.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1043231 Kanopy |
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