Girls and Women: How the World Sees Women

Year Published: 1971

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: A student group performs a theater piece entitled "Women are like elephants", which spoofs statements about women by Aristotle, Jean Rousseau, Samuel Johnson, and Abbie Hoffman. A panel discusses children's literature, magazines, advertising, and television, and concludes that the media have been guilty of presenting stereotypes of women to their disadvantage. Considers ways women can escape these negative images and influences. Episode from the Girls and Women series produced by the University of Michigan Television Center. Host: Lyn Mattoon

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