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Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence

Sophie Bissonnette's documentary analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticize the unhealthy culture surrounding our children, where marketing and advertising are targeting younger and younger audiences and bombarding them with sexual and sexist images. Sexy Inc. suggests various ways of countering hypersexualization and the eroticization of childhood and invites us to rally against this worrying phenomenon.
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Sophie Bissonnette's documentary analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticize the unhealthy culture surrounding our children, where marketing and advertising are targeting younger and younger audiences and bombarding them with sexual and sexist images. Sexy Inc. suggests various ways of countering hypersexualization and the eroticization of childhood and invites us to rally against this worrying phenomenon.

 This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
Sexuality and Reproduction Children and Youth Media and Communication Social Issues All subjects
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  • researcher
    Sophie Bissonnette
  • writer
    Sophie Bissonnette
  • director
    Sophie Bissonnette
  • camera
    Eve Lamont
  • editing
    Dominique Sicotte
  • sound recording
    Martyne Morin
    Marie-France Delagrave
  • archival research
    Sandrine Ricci
  • sound editing
    Daniel Toussaint
  • production assistant
    Marie-Êve Bouliane
    Annie Hardy
    Sandrine Ricci
  • participation
    Francine Duquet
    Lilia Goldfarb
    Sharon Lamb
    Josée Anctil
    Charlotte Bissonnette-Reichhold
    Pierre Bellemo
    Ghislaine Cloutier
    Daniel Coulombe
    Martine Dozois
    Marlen Laverde
    Kelly Martin
    Chantal Séguin
    Colleen Thorpe
    Dominique Toussaint
  • music
    Daniel Toussaint
  • picture editing technical support
    Danielle Raymond
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Pierre Dupont
  • online editing
    Françoise Laprise
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • credits
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • re-recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • translation
    Christine York
  • subtitles
    Christine York
  • English voice
    Jennifer Seguin
    Susan Glover
  • voice recording
    Leonardo Lamela
  • marketing officer
    Jenny Thibault
  • marketing officer - assistance
    Solen Labrie Trépanier
  • administrator
    Manon Provencher
  • administrative team
    Dominique Brunet
    Nathalie Cloutier
    Lise Lévesque
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • associate producer
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • producer
    Patricia Bergeron
  • executive producer
    Yves Bisaillon

Education

Ages 14 to 17

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Have students begin listing examples of the sexual images of teenagers that are used in the media and advertising. After viewing the film, have students find song lyrics, images, or television or movie clips that shows the impact of hyper-sexuality in popular culture. Hold a class discuss on positive body image and the portrayal of sexuality in the media.

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