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A critical examination of how media portrayal of date rape has evolved within a span of five years from portraying date rape as an epidemic, to a view of date rape as feminist victim-oriented propaganda.

"Social and developmental psychologist and author Lynn Phillips explores the line between consent and coercion in this ... look at popular culture and the way real girls and women navigate their heterosexual relationships and hookups."--Container.

"In this provocative presentation, career prosecutor Anne Munch examines how cultural attitudes affect the outcomes of rape and sexual assault cases. Using examples from real cases and actual 911 calls, Munch reveals how the myths and stories we tell ourselves as a culture about sex, gender, power and responsibility invevitably shape the assumptions jurors bring into the courroom and stack the odds against the victims. The result is at once a stunning...

Across the United States women are being sexually assaulted and then blamed for it. Violence against women has been silenced for too long. This film brings it into the open.

Together We Can is an educational performance by Jeffrey Bucholtz about our cultural understanding of the causes and solutions to sexual violence.

Chronicles how Eve Ensler's hit Broadway solo show 'The Vagina Monologues' grew into V-Day, an international grassroots movement dedicated to stopping violence against women and girls. Has been widely recognized as "a celebration of women's sexuality and a condemnation of its violation" and praised as "frank, humorous and moving."

Centered on an educational performance by Jeffrey Bucholtz, this film enhances our cultural understanding about the connections between different forms of oppression, and how those oppressions facilitate sexual violence. Includes interviews, comedic & dramatic monologues, lecture & spoken word.

Wrestling with Manhood is the first educational program to pay attention to the enormous popularity of professional wrestling among male youth, addressing its relationship to real-life violence and probing the social values that sustain it as a powerful cultural force. Richly illustrating their analysis with numerous examples, Sut Jhally and Jackson Katz - the award-winning creators of the videos Dreamworlds and Tough Guise, respectively - offer a...