Amazing. Can't wait to find a screening in AUS...

I'm glad this is out there. Can't wait to see it.

aha and then still you are using the media and directing this towards women, wouldve been better if it kept the general idea that the media is controlling the communities minds in every form and aspect.

Fantastic! I'm so glad this had been made and I cannot wait to see it.

So, without the contributions of the women in the commercials, videos, shows etc...they would have to use blowup dolls or stick figures and a lot would be lost in the translation. Seems like a no brainer to me. Sit a few of the moms down (I am certain many of the "stars" are moms) with their children (boys and girls) and have them watch a showing of their visual art project..., together, in the same room, on the same couch, in front of the kids teachers. Short of the trauma to the children...fewer women would volunteer for such roles. Perhaps the damage would hit home. I realize this is a bit harsh and unrealistic but you get the point.

Got a little teary eyed watching this. Despite my profile pic I am male. But a male that believes in strong, free women and never denying women opportunities.

Why do you have Megan Fox as thumbnail?

Interesting! In the related advertising on the left I have "Flirting tips for men".

This is probably one of the most alarming issues of our time. In fact, it always has been. However from the dawn of the social networking age and media being readily accessible from a "smartphone", this issue is spinning wildly out of control and needs to be recognized and corrected!

The incredible part of this film is it tackles two issues, not just one. Firstly, the primary focus of the film, the issues that women face on a day-to-day basis. Secondly, showing the audience just how dangerous and heartless the media really is!

Of course you'll have the simple minded people that will continue to turn a blind eye and move on with their lives. It's these people that need to be recognized as contributors to the problem, not the solution!

Bottom line; our world will benefit from this film and something needs to be done!

When and where is this doc screening in Canada? :)

Espero que pronto lo pueda ver en México, felicidades por la realización.

Looks good, For sure checking this out!

Jean Kilbourne's film "Killing Us Softly 3" is an update from her first one back in the '80s and brought this whole media & the message and women's image issue to the front back then and nothing seems to have changed. It's depressing to think about- also to find out that Oprah is just now putting her 'spotlight' on the issue. I, also, agree with Debbie K's comment above that if the women didn't participate in the adverts then there wouldn't be any adverts like this. Takes me back to the '60s slogans about war - 'if no soldiers showed up..." - same thing. When are the women going to take a stand.

Very important!

I'm a high school videography instructor and this is something I want to show my classes, in large part to talk about the ethics and consequences of creating media. My students are mostly boys this year, and I deal with adolescent male energy big time every day. Sadly, I see a lot of exactly what the film is addressing, and in the girls too.

BE the change you wish to see in the world.

fantastic video and great message, but ironic that this video is also considered media

I am working to get this video into our local colleges ASAP. I create phot essays of these horrible ads. This has been my life's work-but you have given it life by putting it into a movie and we must blast this to every corner of the US and put it in the hands of every school and college and young person.

Please note our female are so brainwashed to believe this is normal that when they get the opportunity to pilot the plane themselves - females too will sell out other women and dish out the same fare they think is the only thing that will sell!

Moreover, it is up to the consumer to put an end to what the market will bear! It is in our hands- women do most of the buying! When we buy those $900.00 shoes hanging out of the trunk or handbangs strapped around our throats we are condoning this violence against us!

Thank you for bringing this to the attention of the consumer- we are the only ones who can stop it! Cut off the money and the market will no longer exist! We are funding this-even in this economy- they laugh in our faces!

How sad - we pay through the nose to be humiliated! Freemenow at wordpress has been bringing photo essays of this as "Sexualizing America 1-12" for 4 years and I salute you for bringing it in a better format. Let's make this happen, PLEASE.

What are we as educators doing to " educate, engage, and empower" young women “…to see themselves as leaders and be seen as leaders by others in society?”

We can start by sharing this with others! Get out there and share this on Facebook, Diigo, Twitter...

@Adel- "aha and then still you are using the media and directing this towards women, wouldve been better if it kept the general idea that the media is controlling the communities minds in every form and aspect."
I'm confused, how else would you suggest to get the message out to the public? Maybe have women stand on the side of the road with card boards hanging around the neck, serving as human billboards? Hardly. Using the media isn't the issue here. The problem is HOW women are being used and portrayed by the media. The issue is also that men are controlling what THEY want to see in an advertisement with a woman, and WHAT a woman should look like. Sadly, our advertising and fashion industry is controlled mainly by sick, pervert individuals, portraying women as a sex object, and worse, dressing them in slutty outfits, brainwashing them that shorts must be worn with 10 " stilettos, forcing them to strike seductive and often poses offensive to women, bordering on portraying pole dancers and strippers rather than serious business women, consumers, mothers and house wives.