Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up, directed by Debra Chasnoff and Sue Chen

Chasnoff, Debra, & Chen, Sue (Directors). (2009). Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up. United States: GroundSpark. 67 minutes.


From the production company's Web site

Filmed in the same intimate style as That’s a Family! and Let’s Get Real, the heart of Straightlaced is candid interviews with more than 50 teens from diverse backgrounds.

With a fearless look at a highly charged subject, Straightlaced unearths how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are confining American teens. Their stories reflect a diversity of experiences, demonstrating how gender role expectations and homophobia are interwoven, and illustrating the different ways that these expectations connect with culture, race and class.

Not yet available at SF Public Library. Can purchase for $100 from New Day Films. Study guide being developed.