Monday, June 14, 2010

BEST. Sex-education Film. Parody. EVER.

Boys Beware!



A good example of the "medicalization" Foucault speaks of. Here homosexual men are not sinners or sexual predators; they're just sick individuals who need help. And their disease is apparently highly contagious.

How Much Affection? (1958) Part 1



Mother-daughter talks often feature prominently in sex-education films for girls.

How to Say No: Moral Maturity (1951)



"How to Say No" treats peer pressure more than sexuality as such. But its strategies for presenting ideas to teen-agers are especially interesting.

Sex Education for Girls Part 1



It would obviously be interesting to compare films made for teen-age boys and girls.

As Boys Grow (1957) Part 1 of 2



The first part of the educational film viewed in class.