The Purity Myth

Feminist Jessica Valenti takes a look at what she calls the virginity movement: an effort to keep young girls dedicated to abstinence. Sounds alright doesn’t it?

Well according to Valenti this purity movement is doing several things: 1) brainwashing young girls into thinking that their worth is found in their sexuality and 2)that virginity movement as a whole is being used to control women’s sexuality so that women’s rights can eventually be rolled back.

She addressed the issue in her book, Purity Myth, in 2009 (take a peak here). Now comes an intriguing documentary based on the book. You can WATCH THE DOC here for only 4 bucks!