to say that every parent should be made to watch this film?

[cashewfrenzy]

Longer trailer is available on YouTube I think but you get the flavour from this one:

film.missrepresentation.org/

What is it about?

I don't want to watch anything nasty.

It's about the representation of women in the media

The trouble is, with all these films, it's preaching to the choir. The people who are going to watch that know what the problems are. They know the messages our young women see, and they try to act to balance them. The ones who think media representation of women are just fine will behave like the MRA being interviewed, when the problem with a female president is "PMS and mood swings"...

That said, it was a good short trailer. And it has Margaret Cho

Yes a very interesting video that demonstrates the casual sexism that pervades our society as well as America's.
I've always been in favour of a meritocracy rather than any 'positive discrimination' to propel women into power, but a stat on the video shocked me- it will take 500 years for the balance of women in congress to be reached... Well that's not good enough is it?

80% of news stories are about men. Without getting women up there into powerful jobs how will we change that?

I think we can start by sharing films like this with orour husbands, brothers and male friends. This films is important because there is no hand-wringing, just stark statistics backed up with personal stories.

Sorry for bizarre typos, phone keyboard is dying.

Anyone know when this is out in the UK or where I could get a copy? I think it would be good for some group work my project does with vulnerable women.

I think it's download only - looks like it is on Netflix too but not sure if that's UK. It must be available in the uk as my friend downloaded it.

Thanks! Will have a go!

Yes it's on Netflix here :)

YANBU

Have a read of today's guardian magazine, interviews with young feminists working with young people to combat sexism.