The Purity Myth

The Virginity Movement's War Against Women

Duration: 45 min
Release date: 2011-12-11
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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.

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