Dreflix: The Purity Myth

The Purity Myth

The Virginity Movement's War Against Women

Bestselling author Jessica Valenti places recent debates about Planned Parenthood, contraception, and the meaning of rape within the context of a larger political effort to roll back women's rights.

2011

0h 45min

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