Generation M

Misogyny in Media & Culture

Duration: 54 min ISBN: 1-932869-27-1 Date Produced: 2008 Subtitles: English

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Generation M
Misogyny in Media & Culture

Despite the achievements of the women's movement over the past four decades, misogyny remains a persistent force in American culture. In this important documentary, Thomas Keith, professor of philosophy at California State University-Long Beach, looks specifically at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and hateful attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the very heart of our popular culture.

The film tracks the destructive dynamics of misogyny across a broad and disturbing range of media phenomena: including the hyper-sexualization of commercial products aimed at girls, the explosion of violence in video games aimed at boys, the near-hysterical sexist rants of hip-hop artists and talk radio shock jocks, and the harsh, patronizing caricatures of femininity and feminism that reverberate throughout the mainstream of American popular culture.

Along the way, Generation M forces us to confront the dangerous real-life consequences of misogyny in all its forms - making a compelling case that when we devalue more than half the population based on gender, we harm boys and men as well as women and girls.

Featuring interviews with gender violence prevention educators Byron Hurt, Jackson Katz, and Jean Kilbourne.

Sections: Introduction | Female Empowerment? | The Doll Wars | Idealized Beauty | The Pink-Blue Dichotomy | Misogyny and Double Standards | Bonus Section: Media Literacy, Education, and Choice

Filmmaker Info

Director, Writer, Producer: Thomas Keith
Directors of Photography: Michael Enriquez, Jonathan Bennett
Editors: Thomas Keith, Michael Enriquez, Jonathan Bennett
Production Assistant: Fredy Sedano
Camera Assistants: Roxanne E. Suarez, Savina Hernandez

Filmmaker's Bio

DR. THOMAS KEITH | Director, Writer, Producer
Dr. Thomas Keith received his bachelor of arts in philosophy from California State University, Long Beach and then received both his Masters and Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California. He specializes in American philosophy and pragmatism with an emphasis on issues of race, class, and gender. He has published several articles in professional journals where Dr. Keith emphasizes inclusiveness and a multidisciplinary approach as the proper direction issues of race and gender studies should take instead of compartmentalizing, and hence, marginalizing these important issues. He has, in the past few years, expanded his area of interest to include media studies in an effort to evaluate the images and values that resonate in popular media and culture today. Fusing philosophy and media studies, Dr. Keith initiated what he calls "Media Ethics" into introductory courses in ethics and value theory at the college and university level, while also becoming a strong voice in the advocacy of media literacy at the earliest ages of primary education. Currently, he teaches courses in philosophy at California State University, Long Beach and California Polytechnic University, Pomona and is traveling around the country conducting screenings and leading discussions on the issues raised in his film, while writing the manuscript for his first book, Sexploitation, which will be completed in 2009.